Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps...
by peoplefromibiza on Monday April 17, 2023 @11:41AM
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> Say Facebook pulls WhatsApp from the app store and makes it only available via side-loading.
Say a meteorite hits the Earth and we all die.
In a completely hypothetical scenario there are much worse things that can happen than Facebook voluntarily pulling WhatsApp from the App store, forcing their users to side-load the gaining nothing on the permissions side of the bargain while at the same time losing a majority of their users or even more probably having users that won't update to the newer versions of it.
Say a meteorite hits the Earth and we all die.
In a completely hypothetical scenario there are much worse things that can happen than Facebook voluntarily pulling WhatsApp from the App store, forcing their users to side-load the gaining nothing on the permissions side of the bargain while at the same time losing a majority of their users or even more probably having users that won't update to the newer versions of it.