Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws

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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