> If your old relatives "cannot even handle passwords", I doubt they will install alternative App Stores or sideload some apps straight from the internet. What

> If your old relatives "cannot even handle passwords", I doubt they will install alternative App Stores or sideload some apps straight from the internet. What I would worry about more is that someone will help them with the process and they won’t understand the implications – even ignoring the direct scams, an awful lot of family PCs were loaded up with ad/mal-ware due to a grandkid, friend from church, tip from someone they read, etc. I’d especially worry about it going like browser extensions have where someone installs something when it’s not bad but then the original developer sells it for whatever reason and a subsequent owner is more exploitative. I think the idea of limiting the stores is a good one but it should be regulated like a physical store rather than run by Apple: require the operator to maintain a legal presence with identified executives, get audited for privacy, respond to complaints, etc. That wouldn’t stop Facebook but it’d at least block the lower tier of scammers and make enforcement of privacy laws possible.