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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by toast0 on Monday April 17, 2023 @11:48AM (#35602488)
If you don't want to sideload, then don't. If companies don't want to be on the platform app store anymore, it's not the end of the world. I ran a windows phone for several years; if there's no app for something, there's usually a website, and Safari is loads more usable than mobile IE or mobile Edge; so you're fine for the most part.

Yeah, you might lose out on playing FPS games on your phone, but is that really a loss?

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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by judge2020 on Monday April 17, 2023 @01:00PM (#35603488)
The net loss is to society when Meta pulls Instagram from the official store and says "to continue using Instagram, go to instagram.com in safari and follow the instructions".
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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by kaba0 on Monday April 17, 2023 @02:02PM (#35604243)
And they could close overnight from lack of millions of users.

Apple is not required to make it “download file and double click” easy, the best course for action would be making it relatively hard to enable so that no one’s grandma will be able to follow the instructions.

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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by squeaky-clean on Monday April 17, 2023 @04:21PM (#35606040)
It hasn't killed Fortnite and people just as addicted to fb/insta.
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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by raydev on Monday April 17, 2023 @04:39PM (#35606297)
Fortnite has a different audience with different needs.
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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by sammax on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:30PM (#35607508)
I fail to see the net loss to society in this scenario.
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Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps... by Pfhortune on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:41PM (#35607623)
I feel the HN crowd vastly overestimates both Meta's willingness to abandon the App Store and the average user's ability to "follow the instructions."
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