Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of sideloading

Posted by throwawaysea on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:45PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/apples-federighi-delivers-dramatic-speech-on-dangers-of-sideloading/

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Re:Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of ... by estranhosidade on Thursday November 04, 2021 @09:00PM (#29114310)

It is just a coincidence that not allowing sideload and making Apple the sole gatekeeper of what gets installed on all iPhones ends up – surprisingly – benefiting Apple and making then trillions of dollars every year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Apple’s Federighi delivers dramatic speech on dangers of ... by musicale on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:34AM (#29115494)

I don't think he's wrong, but probably the risk Apple cares most about is to its business.

I'd appreciate Apple being a bit more up front about the iPhone/App Store business model: Apple makes handheld game systems (games account for ~75% of the App Store business), and makes money from "free to play" games by licensing/taxing DLC.

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