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Re:App Store Arguments by josephcsible on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:53PM (#27280781)
> if they allowed sideloading, all of the big tech companies that compete with Apple would happily, immediately, force users to sideload their app.

Google allows sideloading on Android. Neither Facebook nor any other similarly-popular app that I can think of forces users to sideload there. Why would it be different on iOS?

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Re:App Store Arguments by BugsJustFindMe on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:59PM (#27280893)
> Why would it be different on iOS?

Facebook hasn't taken out any full page ads in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and probably others about Google Android not allowing them to track you without asking first. Clearly the circumstances are different.

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Re:App Store Arguments by tomerico on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:01PM (#27280918)
Google play store is less restrictive than Apple’s.

With that said, I find the argument weak - it’s hard for me to believe that sideloading will be a big share of the market, as it hasn’t caught on in areas where a google is restrictive (e.g. adult content).

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Re:App Store Arguments by lotsofpulp on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:00PM (#27280901)
Does Google currently provide the same abilities to block tracking as Apple?
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Re:App Store Arguments by josephcsible on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:07PM (#27281033)
Why does that matter? Why would Apple's technical features to block tracking suddenly stop working just because an app was sideloaded?
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Re:App Store Arguments by handrous on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:18PM (#27281203)
Not all of the tracking-blocking is technical, and those parts can't be technical, either.
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Re:App Store Arguments by lotsofpulp on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:11PM (#27281095)
Comparing Facebook's decision to not side load on Android is not a comparable situation if the incentives to side load are not the same.
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Re:App Store Arguments by JKCalhoun on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:14PM (#27281142)
If an app finds a way around Apple's user privacy wall, in the App Store it can be pulled.
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