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Exactly, sideloading! People just want this without the annoying restrictions that Apple puts on things like altstore: https://faq.altstore.io/how-to-use-altsto
by _ea1k 3y ago
Exactly, sideloading! People just want this without the annoying restrictions that Apple puts on things like altstore: https://faq.altstore.io/how-to-use-altstore/your-altstore https://faq.altstore.io/how-to-use-altstore/your-altstore
Requiring a similar activation process would be beneficial, but once activated, the restrictions shouldn't be so onerous.
- eropple 3y agoI'm OK with it being difficult because that weeds out people who lack the technical capacity to do it, and thus also almost certainly lack the understanding to critically evaluate the safety of it. A below-average software developer is probably still a standard deviation above the mean when it comes to competence with computers, and we're not optimizing for developers here.
- _ea1k 3y agoI agree. I'm just saying that once you've proven that you really want to do it you shouldn't have routine extra hoops to jump through. TBH, even just requiring USB sideloading would eliminate most people's concerns in this thread.
- eropple 3y agoMaybe, sure. TBH, the case I am more worried than most about is that the actual, biggest use of this will be, not might but will, addiction-mongers in the games space suckering people into downloading apps that are uninhibited by even the relatively low walls that Apple puts into place. Even things as simple as "have a standard payment flow so people know when you are charging them for money" is then off the table, and that makes doing evil really, really easy.