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I meant in the sense that by enabling that feature there are also security issues introduced to the platform and for most people those costs outweigh the benefi
by k-mcgrady 13y ago
I meant in the sense that by enabling that feature there are also security issues introduced to the platform and for most people those costs outweigh the benefit gained by adding the feature. So if you look at it as a missing feature you could consider it a weakness. If you look at the effects of introducing it to the platform, overall, leaving it out is not a weakness - it's a smart decision.
- mikeash 13y agoSideloading doesn't really introduce security issues. Security against malware on iOS is provided by sandboxing, not by Apple's approval process, which is far too cursory to detect any serious malware.
- blueskin_ 13y agoRubbish. It's about as much of a risk as letting a user do anything. Google even have a service that scans installed apks for known bad ones if you want to share everything you do with them. Apple could do something similar if they decided user choice wasn't evil and bad after all.