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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by Apocryphon on Friday March 25, 2022 @05:51PM (#30807367)
Presumably, they could just treat iOS like macOS, where there already is a notarization system that covers apps distributed outside of the Mac App store.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin...

Also, people forget that iOS itself has many security protections built into the platform itself that go beyond App Store review.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30199125

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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by metadat on Friday March 25, 2022 @06:23PM (#30807575)
Fascinating read, especially https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/for-t...
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