9to5MacJun 14, 2023
iOS 17 beta has no sideloading, but Craig Federighi says Apple might comply with EU https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/13/ios-17-beta-sideloading/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
iOS 17 beta has no sideloading, but Craig Federighi says Apple might comply with EU

Apple has come under scrutiny as governments around the world, especially the European Union, accuse the company of anti-competitive practices...

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Show threadAaron DoeJun 14, 2023
@9to5Mac Personally don’t want this to happen. Sideloading applications can have bad consequences for users that might be less technical than others and install malware ridden versions of “popular” apps.
Show threadDawidJun 14, 2023

@AaronDoe @9to5Mac if someone wants to use it, it's up to them. Their phone, their risk. Also, no one will force anyone to use it.

Android has sideloading since forever and I don't see this big malware wave there, like some people predict will happen on ios.

Show threadAaron Doe

@djvdq @9to5Mac Android has a massive malware issue (mainly Chinese off-branded ROMs) but also critical vulnerabilities found exploited on a wide scale for popular OEMs too.

Apple’s ecosystem has always been a walled garden, and imo should remain that way. Yes iOS has been exploited previously in the past. But it’s nowhere near as wide of an attack vector as Android is.

Android = Open Platform
iOS = Close Platform

EU shouldn’t get to force things on companies big or small.

Jun 14, 2023 at 5:12amWeb
Show threadMusserJun 14, 2023

@AaronDoe @djvdq @9to5Mac Why shouldn’t EU get to enforce laws that benefits EU citizens? It’d be weird if they didn’t.

An open market doesn’t automatically mean malware, Apple have great anti-malware protection on their Macs and can easily do the same on iOS.

Show threadAaron DoeJun 14, 2023

@musser It’s not a benefit though is it? It’s just a power move from the EU.

Like them forcing USB-C on iPhones, who does that benefit? Say you’ve been a user since iPhone 5 when Lightning got introduced you’ve probably got a ton of cables/accessories that will be useless without an adapter

All I see on this topic is “well Android has it” yeah that’s true but Apple has always done their own thing

Also I still hate the EU laws are force on the UK and we left, just leave us alone already

Show threadMusserJun 14, 2023
@AaronDoe It’s a benefit since every user have a ton of USB-C cables anyways. Even if you’re a full apple user, iPads and Macs have used USB-C for quite a while. Also it opens up the ability to way quickly transfer files between your iPhone and computer, perfect for that ProRes content. Neither lightning or airdrop comes even close to the speed of USB-C
Show threadMusserJun 14, 2023
@AaronDoe And well, you’d be stupid if you didn’t realize American companies treats the content Europe as one single market. Just look on Norway which haven’t been part of EU ever, they always gets treated the same as every other European country
Show threadDawidJun 14, 2023

@AaronDoe @musser USB-C is where anyone benefits, e.g. transfer speed, which is laughingly low through lightning.

The memorandum of understanding between producers and EU about using one plug in all devices is older than iPhone 5.

If you're in the UK, then it's not for you anyway.

Show threadDawidJun 14, 2023

@AaronDoe Apple is anticompetitive. It's why EU can, and should, intervene.

And I'm writing it as an Apple device's user.

If close platform is so good, then why MacOS is not closed, and you can install whatever you like?