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Just like meatspace states use child pornography to justify Internet monitoring and control, Apple will use malware to justify locking down software. Not distri
by mcantelon 15y ago
Just like meatspace states use child pornography to justify Internet monitoring and control, Apple will use malware to justify locking down software. Not distributing software via the App Store will now remove a segment of Apple's user base from a software vendor's market so vendors will likely do whatever they can to get in the App Store. Apple now gets the ability to censor software on their non-iOS hardware.
- danudey 15y agoWell you could hypothesize that that's where it's going, but at the moment, they're going to allow signed, non-app-store apps by default as well. All a dev needs to do now is to sign their binary when they build it and problem solved. I can't see why anyone actively maintaining an app wouldn't make the small change required.
- mcantelon 15y agoEven if you sign the binary, you are still getting shut out of the market for the segment of users that select App Store only. You pay Apple the App Store cut or you limit your market... not a great choice to have to make.