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iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps from outside the App Store::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Great. I'm looking forward to hearing all the Apple zealots change their tune on side-loading from "iOS is more secure because it doesn't allow side-loading " to "side-loading is amazing, I'm so glad Apple invented it!"

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I fully expect they will make it challenging and plastered with scary warnings.

I’m ok with that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would, in fact, advocate for scary warnings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Blanket scary warnings for all apps that don't use their app store can and will be used to dissuade their tech illiterate user base from ever daring to try something outside the garden.

Using "security guidelines" to scare people away from using anything outside an ecosystem is more abusable than people are willing to talk about, and it happens a lot nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well ya can't fix stupid. All you can do is try and help them make informed decisions.

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