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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by simion314 on Monday June 18, 2018 @03:37PM (#17341042)
> this will blow apart nearly any app store model out there. But on OSX you have an app store and you can side load applications, so you can have them both.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by ocdtrekkie on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:03PM (#17341237)
OS X and Windows will probably be okay because the "default" is to install outside the store. It's not really considered "sideloading". But most other platforms with single-source app stores will be in trouble.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by simion314 on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:05AM (#17344162)
Why the default is important in this case, if the device owner can enable side loading in an easy way then I am okay with a secure default. Hopefully some progress is made and OSX and Windows remain unlocked even if MS and Apple are slowly pushing in the other direction.
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