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Re:Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules by paulmd on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:09PM (#26279289)
One need only look back at the previous threads on the App Store to find people arguing that Apple should be legally forced to open their platform up to competitors, which would pretty much gut these kinds of privacy-protecting moves. Facebook will immediately move exclusively to a separate app store that doesn't ask developers to justify user-relevant reasons for the permissions it requests, and immediately start demanding full permissions or else you don't get to use the app.

So essentially, people here tend to agree in principle with Apple protecting user privacy and think Facebook is overbearing and infringing on user privacy, but think Apple should be legally stripped of any tools to actually protect users' privacy, because muh sideloading is more important than people's privacy.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26165966

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26276238

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Re:Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules by cacarr on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:48PM (#26282413)
Not being able to sideload apps really is feckin' idiotic, though. One ought to be able to install whatever they please on a handset they've purchased -- especially when they've spent that much.

Just bury a toggle deep in settings somewhere.

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Re:Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules by paulmd on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:43PM (#26289234)
You can sideload, just pay for a developer account and you can sideload whatever you want.

Going further than that effectively removes the point of app review - Facebook/etc will immediately demand that you sideload to bypass the app review and just demand all permissions.

this is not a theoretical problem, Facebook has already been busted for asking users to sideload a version signed with their developer credentials that scrapes up data that apple won't let them collect on the public release. You are basically suggesting that they be allowed to do that officially.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-hits-back-facebook-revo...

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