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Is there a switch to turn this crap off? Especially on my parents’ iPhones. I don’t want to have to explain them “which App Store did you get this app from”. Th
by nickpp 2y ago
Is there a switch to turn this crap off? Especially on my parents’ iPhones. I don’t want to have to explain them “which App Store did you get this app from”. They have enough trouble grokking the app/web app distinction as is. I just don’t want them to be able to install other app stores, by mistake or otherwise.
- postalrat 2y agoTurn what off? Turn off the ability to install apps?
- ervine 2y agoRegardless of how you may feel about the locked down Apple ecosystem, it's pretty clear (imo) what the question meant.
- postalrat 2y agoHow do you get these alternative stores on your phone? I assume through an app you need to install. It's not just going to be there when you buy your phone.
- darwinwhy 2y agoHow much AAPL do you own?
- Apocryphon 2y agoIt's almost certainly an opt-in feature. Do you have to tell your parents not to enable Developer Mode as well?
- nickpp 2y agoOpt-in works for me. As long as they don’t get something like the browser selection prompt - that is a nightmare. No problems with the Dev Mode menu (knock on wood) but I did have to tell them not to install VPN profiles…
- epolanski 2y agoWhy do you imagine yourself having to explain them anything at all? What do you care what store your parents download apps?
- nickpp 2y agoI am the one they call when something doesn’t work anymore. Getting them iPhones & iPads reduced those calls tremendously. I still have nightmares about the browser plugins they used to have installed on their Win XP PC.
- epolanski 2y agoAnd why would apps on other stores not work anymore (which by the way has nothing to do with the store they download it)? Do you think people with android are having their phones or applications broken because you can install applications by random places on the internet? That just...doesn't happen.
- jayski 2y agoYour parents would have to specifically install the Epic Game Store. If they did (which I doubt unless they're avid gamers) the only thing available for purchase there is game related.