Apple warns Australia against joining EU in mandating iPhone app sideloading
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Australia is reportedly considering following the EU in forcing Apple to allow sideloading on iOS and iPadOS. In response, Apple has warned officials not to move forward with the plan.

Apple warns Australia against following the EU in mandating iOS app sideloading, citing security risks. Australia is considering forcing Apple to open its App Store to sideloading as part of competition reforms.

  • MisanthropiCynic@lemmy.today
    83·
    8 hours ago

    Within the past week I’ve had to listen to 2 people talk about how Apple products were such shit because they couldn’t access their accounts or get into their things for work because they had forgotten their password or fucked up their two factor authentication.

    These are the exact kind of people who will download some game just randomly off the Internet because they don’t have to pay for it and then when their phone fucks up, they will blame Apple

    • mabeledo@lemmy.world
      5·
      8 hours ago

      So?

      Does Ford have the right to tell you which roads you can drive on, so you won’t mess up the suspension?

      • MisanthropiCynic@lemmy.today
        14·
        7 hours ago

        They certainly do tell you which parts you can add to your car that will void the warranty or make it illegal to drive on the street

        • MoreZombies@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          3 hours ago

          Notice in your example, they still give you the freedom to do it in the first place.

          Apple Car would weld the bonnet shut and you wouldn’t even be able to change the oil yourself.

    • RetroGradeBE@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Yes, users can act completely idiotic. It still does not mean one company can have a chokehold on a massive industry stifling any competition as they see fit.

      Had Apple acted by their own rules in the first place, they probably wouldn’t be under this much scrutiny by several governments.

  • dinckel@lemmy.world
    621·
    2 days ago

    I still hate the term “sideloading”, when used in this context. You don’t “sideload” anything on your computer. You just install things, from wherever you damn desire.

    They only started using the term here, to gaslight people into thinking that installing mobile apps from sources, other than the ones that give Apple money, is somehow insecure

    • monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 days ago

      I gotta be honest, I don’t want my mom to be able to install anything from anywhere on her devices. I prefer that she’s locked into Apple’s ecosystem. I do think you should be able to do whatever you want with your hardware (if you’re willing to risk it).

      Informed choice is difficult in this space.

      Then there’s the other things I can imagine. Like the scummy sales people or repair shop installing shit on people’s phones and offering free stuff if they install things. Or all the tiktok ads that will push people to install things that will harvest even more data.

      • LeTak@lemm.ee
        7·
        2 days ago

        I can’t wait to explain my parents and grandparents how to not be tricked into installing some random app that a AI voice on TikTok/Facebook recommends, that is not suspicious at all downloaded from a weird domain.

    • hddsx@lemmy.ca
      163·
      2 days ago

      I think it’s borderline acceptable for Apple, TBH.

      I don’t know about windows as I don’t use the Windows Store, but I generally use my distro’s repository to install software. Only if it doesn’t exist do I go elsewhere.

      I’m aware at that point that if I use the AUR, compile from source, install a deb/rpm file, it’s on me. I’m not going to blame it on my distro.

      With Apple, I expect people are going to just download random ass IPAs and then blame Apple that it doesn’t work.

      For most people, they should use the repository. There should be a big ass disclaimer that says, “if you opt to enable IPAs, Apple will not be responsible” blah blah blah for power users.

      • ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.eeEnglish
        221·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, too many grandma’s and tech-tarded dipshits use these devices. Unless you know what to look for, you really should stick to official app stores for security. It should be discouraged for average users, but available for people who want to risk it. It should be something you enable in settings - the ability to download off app store programs, just like on OSX.

      • dinckel@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 days ago

        Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that they should just say okay, installing instagram from a Limewire download is the intended path now.

        Using AUR or Nixpkgs to install your stuff is perfectly acceptable to me, for these exact reasons. You have a choice, you’re choosing your preference, and at the end of the day you get a vetted source from a trusted repository.

        Choice is what matters to people, and it’s being taken away from them. But even beyond that, if i wanted to install an “unsupported/untrusted” app on my device, that should fully be my choice

        • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
          2·
          2 days ago

          I agree, but I think it’s also useful to have an intuitive term for installation methods that aren’t officially-supported.

        • hddsx@lemmy.ca
          1·
          2 days ago

          Not that I do it, but if you’re going to use the words “better source from a trusted repository”, I’m going to have to remind you to check your PKGBUILD files before you makepkg.

          And I absolutely agree with you. I switched to iOS because an industry standard app for my hobby was iOS only. I’m frequently annoyed at the amount of control I have. But, like my Windows work computer, I tried to fix it with Linux: iSH.