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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 (10 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.

[–] 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.

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