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Am I seriously the only person who dislikes the alternative app stores and being allowed to install apps outside of app stores? If there were problems with the

Am I seriously the only person who dislikes the alternative app stores and being allowed to install apps outside of app stores? If there were problems with the margins or which types of apps were allowed regulations should have tackled that instead. I don’t want my mother or grandmother to be able to install apps from random sources ever.

Doxin 2y ago
You're not the only one. The crux however is that you can't force that on everyone. There's nothing stopping apple from adding a fuse bit you can set yourself to disallow alternative app stores. That'd be completely legal. As long as it's a free choice to set that bit.
troupo 2y ago
> If there were problems with the margins or which types of apps were allowed regulations should have tackled that instead. Yes, and no. So, regulations did say: you can't prevent users from using other default apps than the ones you tell users to use. Hence users get a lot of new default settings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322904 On the other hand you can't really have a regulation listing all possible apps and app features that should be allowed on the app store: there are just too many of them. So the best course of action is to let users install the apps on their own. As a result for no reason at all Apple now allows gaming emulators on the App Store because alternative app stores allow them. It's a tough balance to strike.
TiredOfLife 2y ago
Then don't use that feature. This year alone Apple removed VPN apps on behalf of a Fascist country that they can't even do business in due to sanctions.
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arepublicadoceu 2y ago
> I don’t want my mother or grandmother to be able to install apps from random sources ever. If your mother or grandmother is tech-savvy enough to navigate the hurdles of enabling sideloading in the settings and deal with the scary warnings that come with it, then God bless them. My mother has used Android for many years, and even though they have had their Windows installation plagued with various viruses, she hasn’t managed to install a single virus on her Android phone yet. And yes, I check every time I go back home.

Doxin 2y ago

You're not the only one. The crux however is that you can't force that on everyone. There's nothing stopping apple from adding a fuse bit you can set yourself to disallow alternative app stores. That'd be completely legal. As long as it's a free choice to set that bit.

troupo 2y ago

> If there were problems with the margins or which types of apps were allowed regulations should have tackled that instead. Yes, and no. So, regulations did say: you can't prevent users from using other default apps than the ones you tell users to use. Hence users get a lot of new default settings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322904 On the other hand you can't really have a regulation listing all possible apps and app features that should be allowed on the app store: there are just too many of them. So the best course of action is to let users install the apps on their own. As a result for no reason at all Apple now allows gaming emulators on the App Store because alternative app stores allow them. It's a tough balance to strike.

TiredOfLife 2y ago

Then don't use that feature. This year alone Apple removed VPN apps on behalf of a Fascist country that they can't even do business in due to sanctions.

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arepublicadoceu 2y ago

> I don’t want my mother or grandmother to be able to install apps from random sources ever. If your mother or grandmother is tech-savvy enough to navigate the hurdles of enabling sideloading in the settings and deal with the scary warnings that come with it, then God bless them. My mother has used Android for many years, and even though they have had their Windows installation plagued with various viruses, she hasn’t managed to install a single virus on her Android phone yet. And yes, I check every time I go back home.