Apple tells US Senate that sideloading apps is unsafe

03 February 2022
Cupertino urges Senate to reject an antitrust bill that will allow iPhone users to download apps not on App Store.

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Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022Well, they are not wrong. Only reason why app security is o... moreWho said that they were forced to buy an Apple phone? People are free to criticize products and companies. If you buy an Android phone, you don't lose your rights to criticize an Apple phone. Do you understand that sideloading is an option? If you don't want to do it, it's fine. It doesn't affect you in any way. Nobody points a gun to your head and forces you to do that.

    I use Android and side load apps regularly but yes it is after all a big risk to do that and Apple is not wrong to prohibit that on iPhones

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      • GeeX
      • IWU
      • 03 Feb 2022

      Safe or unsafe, it should be decide by the user..not the company..

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        • Anonymous
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        • 03 Feb 2022

        Well, they are not wrong. Only reason why app security is on any kind of decent level is because it's air tight. Only their moderated app store and zero sideloading and zero rooted devices (masochistic people Jailbreaking iPhones don't even count). Would sideloading come in handy sometimes? Sure. Is it really necessary? No, not really. Android has sideloading and if app doesn't exist on GooglePlay, it basically doesn't exist at all. Kids sideloading Fortknife were a minority and only because it was all the rage at some point. General public doesn't care about any of it, sideloading or Forklift, I mean Forknite...

        I frankly don't understand the outrage of some people. Who ever holds gun to your head and demand sthat you buy an iPhone? No one. You can freely buy an Android phone and that's that.

          Maybe I can finally have a proper version of Google Chrome on iPad.

            Crapple, 03 Feb 2022The moment you buy Apple device you lose any freedom you�... morewhich i never buy them.

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              • JEN
              • 03 Feb 2022

              FatShady, 03 Feb 2022it's not like people are free to do whatever they want... moreThe moment you buy Apple device you lose any freedom you've had.

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                • Anonymous
                • qLL
                • 03 Feb 2022

                The only thing sideloading apps is unsafe for is Apple's overly bloated bottom line.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • JE$
                  • 03 Feb 2022

                  What will come next? People suing Playstation for not being able to install other games than from their greedy store?

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 03 Feb 2022

                    Spanky, 03 Feb 2022The nerve of the fruit logo company! Sideloading apps is ha... moreThe US Senate should ask Apple why they allow Mac users to download and install applications from third-party websites is they consider it unsafe. Such nonsense. If you care about money, just say it. This behavior is disgusting.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 03 Feb 2022

                      FatShady, 03 Feb 2022it's not like people are free to do whatever they want... moreThey should just make people pay for it at the cost of losing warranty. Yeah, the Android makers. Not this company because someone needs to think about the children.

                        The nerve of the fruit logo company! Sideloading apps is harmful, yes, for THEIR greedy pockets! And they also have the nerve to call their practices „pro-consumer“???

                        The fact that their own Macs can install any application from any source is the most obvious reason that their „malware“ arguments are nonsense and absurd.

                          Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022So what? It would be thrown out of the courts as long as th... morebecause they can't get paid from apps you sideload, imagine if you can get moded apps, cracked apps, apple's profit from the app store will be so low that will basically sue everyone that forced them to make sideloading a thing.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 03 Feb 2022

                            Well it IS unsafe, but you need to find a middle ground between safety and usability. Android does it better by strongly recommending the Store, but allows sideloading with warnings.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 03 Feb 2022

                              Anonymous, 03 Feb 2022So what? It would be thrown out of the courts as long as th... moreHas anyone sued Microsoft for allowing him to download and install software from third-party websites?

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                                • Ravuh
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                                • 03 Feb 2022

                                Of course it is. But that's not what this is about. "The legislation will hurt Apple’s 15-30% cut of any app sale and in-app purchase and jeopardize the phones’ security with the sideloaded applications".

                                There it is.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 03 Feb 2022

                                  noo, 03 Feb 2022I can only side load 2 apps with altstore, too restricted. ... moreIt is simple to use if you have simple uses for it. If your needs is slightly out of the ordinary then iOS is a pain in the a$$. Basically need to jailbreak for the simplest of things which should be a no-no...

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                                    • 03 Feb 2022

                                    Nicolas F, 03 Feb 2022Even though these users, in case of trouble, will attack Ap... moreSo what? It would be thrown out of the courts as long as they put big fat labels warning users that they are about to do sth unsafe when sideloading.

                                    There are zero legals issue for Apple not doing that. There are plenty financial issues though (which to have full control of the ecosystem).

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 03 Feb 2022

                                      Sideload and have your passwords , credit cards stolen or maybe just have your phone do mining for others or even used as a bot for DDOS attacks. How about no.

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                                        • spY
                                        • 03 Feb 2022

                                        People who trade freedom for security or convenience deserve neither.

                                        Apple needs to allow sideloading.

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