This is an App Store dispute. My Android phone, with Google's own Play Services installed, does absolutely nothing to prevent me from sideloading third-party bi

This is an App Store dispute. My Android phone, with Google's own Play Services installed, does absolutely nothing to prevent me from sideloading third-party binaries that offer YouTube playback (I use NewPipe). Without sideloading, Apple's primary App Store becomes a juicy target for anyone that wants to enforce broad-stroke censorship. All you need is the legal authority (fuck moral superiority!) and Apple will enforce the censorship for you. It's easy: https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-complies-with-russian-censorship-pulls-more-vpns-from-russia-app https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-complies-with-russian-censo... If a sideloading mechanism existed on iOS, Google would have no authority to demand third-parties to stop. It is only because Apple is afraid of the legal repercussions that their users are deprived of third-party clients. The sole first-party mechanism for distributing apps was threatened into silence. A shame too, since AdBlock and free background playback is just soooo nice. But who am I to complain, I'm not the one buying phones that cuck my freedom as a user. The solution is for me to know, and for you to rationalize as a defense of Apple's business practices until the cognitive dissonance drives you insane. Hope you like Google's first-party YouTube app!