EU antitrust: Apple shouldn't use privacy and security to stave off competition

Re:EU antitrust: Apple shouldn't use privacy and security to... by celsoazevedo on Sunday July 04, 2021 @05:01PM (#27732591)

No review from Apple is a downside, but I doubt iOS' system permissions are tied to the App Store.

On Android (and Windows/macOS, to a certain extent), the OS asks you if you let <app> access/use <feature> independently of how the app was installed.

Also, can apps monitor your communications on iOS? On Android you can replace the apps that control calls, sms, etc, but that wasn't possible on iOS last time I used it.

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Re:EU antitrust: Apple shouldn't use privacy and security to... by extra88 on Sunday July 04, 2021 @05:27PM (#27732756)

To be honest, I don’t know what an app literally can’t do on an iOS device (or Android device), regardless of how it gets there. I expect there are private APIs that could be exploited to do things an app otherwise couldn’t do that could be against the user’s interests.

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Re:EU antitrust: Apple shouldn't use privacy and security to... by celsoazevedo on Sunday July 04, 2021 @07:09PM (#27733354)

Apps on iOS and Android run inside a sandbox. If Apple allows apps to bypass the sandbox like that, then iOS isn't very secure/private.

I know there are downsides if they allow sideloading, but iOS is very restrictive and Apple would still control iOS. They can add more restrictions and fix flaws if needed.

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