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> 1. Unless Apple is allowed to make side-loading at least as unfriendly as it is on Android, many apps I use today will stop being distributed through the App
by wiseowise 3y ago
> 1. Unless Apple is allowed to make side-loading at least as unfriendly as it is on Android, many apps I use today will stop being distributed through the App Store. Want the Gmail app? Download Play Store for iOS. Want Lightroom? Download Creative Cloud Store for iOS. And suddenly all of these apps are no longer subject to Apple's strict privacy/tracking policies. That sucks.
That’s a lot of speculation without any data behind it.
We have the biggest OS in history of the world and what you’re describing is absolutely not the case there.
One of the biggest game developers with arguably the most popular game at the time tried to push for it and eventually returned back with tail between its legs.
- simondotau 3y agoEpic had their tail between their legs because the law wasn't on their side. The whole point is that if the law is modified, and these aspects of Apple's operating systems are designed by legislation, Epic would prevail in court. And there's no reason to think Apple could make side-loading onerous, because Epic will complain to the courts about anything that stands in the way of a seamless install of the Epic Games Store on an iPhone. That's not equivalent to the status quo on Android.