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A comment on EU antitrust: Apple shouldn't use privacy and security to stave off competition. Parent comment

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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