That’s really annoying. If so many developers weren’t so stupid and evil, strict guidelines from Apple and social pressure could easily solve this. Isn’t that h

That’s really annoying. If so many developers weren’t so stupid and evil, strict guidelines from Apple and social pressure could easily solve this. Isn’t that how it’s solved on the desktop (minus the guidelines)? Yes, I can see that an App Store makes it easier for people to install all kinds of apps. (I can also see that more people are going to have more extensive address books on their mobile phones compared to their PCs.) There isn’t really a handful of developers anymore (like there were on the Mac for the longest time) who you know you can trust. And yes, spyware was also a problem on the desktop – but usually not one for high profile apps. If the developer was big and had something to lose you could be somewhat certain that they were not going to sell you out. But no. More dialogs everyone will ignore anyway. Not a real solution by any stretch of the imagination.