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We don't know how this will play out, and probably instead of sideloading the new stores will be downloaded from the app store. So say you want WhatsApp on you

by maratc 3y ago

We don't know how this will play out, and probably instead of sideloading the new stores will be downloaded from the app store. So say you want WhatsApp on your phone. Today: AppStore - get WhatsApp. Tomorrow: AppStore - get Facebook store - start Facebook store - get WhatsApp. The power Facebook (also, Microsoft and Google) have over the users of their apps may be so great that they could pull it. Small companies? No chance in hell. So actually, this move might put Apple (and Apple users) into a weaker situation while empowering FB/MS/GOOG and having no effect whatsoever on small app developers.

Moldoteck 3y ago
But apple can ban other stores in it's store. They can say 'we made platform open to sideloading, you can even sideload other stores' in combo with several warnings that sideloading is dangerous when a user attempts to do it. This can guarantee that apps will stay inside appstore bc it will be too hard for users otherwise