Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
by bigyabai on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @05:05PM
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Well, Apple will have to redesign their security model, then. If the iPhone relies on Apple's white-glove curation to stay secure, then European users are enough of a reason to overhaul their security model.
It's great that you know how to sideload, I'm not saying everyone has to know how. I'm arguing that the option should exist regardless of if you pay for a $99/year subscription fee. It should be a part of owning the hardware you paid for and purchasing the right to control it as the user.
Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
by op00to on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @07:18PM
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Apparently you’ve never heard of multilayered security. The App Store is not the only way Apple is working to secure devices they create.
Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
by rangestransform on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @06:53PM
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no matter what, curation will be another layer of cheese in the swiss cheese model of defects
But a random developer can't exfiltrate my data, which is the WAY WAY more common scenario that the previous poster was worried about.
I agree with them. The Apple App Store prevents a lot more malware than the ability to install ANY software. I like the Mac App Store as well, its a large library of software that is virtually guaranteed to be safe from infecting your computer with a virus.
Now, I know how to sideload onto my iPhone, I have homebrew on my MBP, but my brother/sister doesn't, my aunt can't, my uncle assumed his phone was facebook, and they are safer (from viruses) for it. Make installing viruses harder!
I spent decades as the de facto IT person in my family, and when iPhone and Android came around, family members started buying MacBooks, my load got lightened a LOT.