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A comment on Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws. Parent comment

Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by mrmanner on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:28PM (#33975257)
As a Linux user, I love that there’s a kind of device I can recommend my non-technical friends and family without worrying too much about their safety or privacy. Is it perfect? No. But the risk that they’re fooled into installing a malicious app is still a lot lower than with mandated side loading and app stores with lax oversight.

I.e the gatekeeping my government wants to prohibit is the reason I’ve been recommending these things. I guess I’ll have to switch to recommending AwareGo security training for everyone

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by everfree on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:31PM (#33975291)
> mandated side loading

In what respect does any phone currently on the market have "mandated side loading"?

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by someweirdperson on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:05PM (#33976658)
Government-mandated (usually in selected specific cases) spyware trojans are not installed through any of the app stores.
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by everfree on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:28PM (#33977013)
What specifically do you mean by "selected specific cases"?
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by someweirdperson on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:25PM (#33977762)
Usually "mandated" for people like terrorists, sometimes journalists, but only in few countries for everyone.
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by mrmanner on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:46PM (#33975502)
Probably nothing currently on the market - we’re discussing a law that’s in effect from 2024
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by everfree on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:32PM (#33977067)
Then my question is: Why do you believe that relaxing app requirements on iOS would cause mandated side-loading, given that it's not a problem for anything else currently on the market?
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by mrmanner on Saturday December 17, 2022 @06:19PM (#34033317)
My point was that the possibility to side load apps is becoming mandatory, and that that possibility comes with a risk. I don’t think people will be forced to side load things, sorry if I didn’t express myself properly
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by HideousKojima on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:55PM (#33975643)
Where is sideloading "mandated" on Android?
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