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Apple's head of security speaks out against iPhone app sideloading in new interview (9to5mac.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Psy-Demon@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] Remic75@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (7 children)

I see that one of the bigger reasons why people want sideloading so bad is to pirate apps they don’t want to buy.

I can assure that a developer would likely take the 30% cut from the App Store versus trying your luck on other stores like Play Store, Galaxy Store, with the added risk of someone pirating your app and missing out on potential revenue.

Unpopular opinion but iOS doesn’t need sideloading. What does need sideloading is the goddamn iPad. It’s the most neglected product by Apple and giving it sideloading capabilities allows devs to make the most out of the M1/M2 chip.

[–] just-bair@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Any nice apps made by single devs that don’t want to pay the apple tax will become available to everyone and be much more common. But yeah that’s a niche use case.

[–] peduxe@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

what exactly is there to do on the iPad that you cannot do right now without sideloading?

the only thing I can think of is Apple’s $99 annual fee to develop for their platforms.

[–] RagnarDannes@alien.top 2 points 10 months ago

You cannot use an iPad as a developer platform. There’s no Xcode or Compiler, providing one is against the App Store policy so those apps just don’t exist in a meaningful manner.

[–] anythingers@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Emulators. Or literally any app on Mac that is not available for iPad.

[–] AxFUNNYxKITTY@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I just want emulation and Fortnite, that’s all. I’m excited for side loading.

[–] HypocritesEverywher3@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Only reason that you don't want side loading is if you support Apple's unethical business practices. Nobody is forcing you to sideload apps. I'm thrilled to be able to sideload

[–] heartscockles@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

How is it unethical? It’s Apple’s business. If you don’t like Whopper Whopper Whopper then get a Big Mac. Free Market? Hello?

[–] -K9V@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I sideload because I fucking hate ads on YouTube, and it’s literally impossible to use the official app without losing brain cells from the endless ads. I also like being able to have emulators on my phone, which is something I’ve been doing since around 2013.

[–] RagnarDannes@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

When I was an android user, I would sideload every now and then. Not one did I pirate. On iOS FOSS apps pretty much don’t exist or are buried among forks that add mountains of ads and garbage.

On the App Store, they restrict away the kinds of apps that have a ton of value. For example, Microsoft can’t release their cloud gaming platform as an app, instead we have to use a neutered pwa.

Just give me freedom and don’t treat me like a criminal or child because I want to use apps that mommy Apple doesn’t approve of.

[–] Osstj7737@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I’ll use it to get around geo locked apps. For example, the PlayStation app is not available in my country which is very annoying. Same for PayPal and some others.