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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by FearlessNebula on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:14AM (#27570195)
My concern here is that Facebook will require their app to be sideloaded so that they can continue abusing their users. Now I don’t use Facebook, but at least I know my family members are somewhat protected from Facebook by Apples rules. If their Facebook app were sideloaded it would be open season for Facebook.
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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by FreakyT on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:26PM (#27572105)
On Android, there's nothing stopping Facebook from doing that right now. Why haven't they?
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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by FearlessNebula on Sunday June 20, 2021 @08:45PM (#27575168)
Because Google isn’t preventing them from doing tracking and other nefarious things. In fact, Google themselves are doing it.
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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by thekyle on Sunday June 20, 2021 @06:36PM (#27574486)
I'm guessing it's because Google Play is more lenient than the App Store when it comes to privacy.
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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by 8note on Sunday June 20, 2021 @03:29PM (#27573141)
I imagine Facebook is big enough to get a deal with apple that has alternative rules
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Re:AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iO... by dragonsky67 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:12PM (#27574671)
I think there was some fairly tight integration ios/facebook in an earlier version of iOS. Seems to have been removed. I don't think Apple would want to get into bed with Facebook now, their reputation as a supporter of privacy would be damaged.
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