Apple May Soon Allow Sideloading Apps on iOS
odysee.com
In this video I discuss how Apple may soon allow people to side load apps on iOS as part of apples compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act.
  • Tramdan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    861·
    1 year ago

    And all the people who defended the lack of sideloading as a security feature will suddenly think it’s a great idea.

      • Tramdan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        That’s a little harsh but it does seem strange that when someone is a fan of a product they will refuse to acknowledge its flaws and will see every change, good or bad, as an improvement. Maybe I’m guilty of the same with the products that I like but Apple provides a lot of examples of this behaviour.

        • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          Hey man, I get wanting to turn blind eye to those flaws, but they don’t need to fight people over it…

    • Fishytricks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      114·
      1 year ago

      I still think its a bad idea. Because in my country, the government loves their apps. And being able to bypass the app store will mean that they will force you to install their own “app store”. This would also mean they can put more invasive features in their app.

      Or perhaps I’m overthinking it and my government has the best interest for the people.

      • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        This would also mean they can put more invasive features in their app.

        iOS apps will still be sandboxed. You have nothing to fear except whatever data you yourself enter into the app.

      • totallynotfbi@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        From your post history, it looks like you’re in Singapore. If so, then I don’t think that will be a concern - if anything, given how most government apps treat sideloading on the Android side, they’ll probably block you from using them if you use the feature.

        • pycorax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yea the most they do is bundle it with the phone which you can them easily uninstall.

      • gornius@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        The apps still need to request OS for specific permissions before they use things like GPS, mobile data, filesystem etc.

        But the point you’re missing is unless you’re building everything yourself, there is always a party that you have to trust. Apple likes to paint itself as trustworthy when it comes to your data, but all the anti-consumer shenanigans they do when it comes to hardware clearly state that the only thing they care about is money.

        Remember - it’s either convenience with a false sense of security or security. Never both.

  • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Thanks, EU.

    Please just let this be a global decision, and not like these companies do with GDPR.

    • akilou@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      231·
      1 year ago

      Changing their business model from walled garden lock-in would be the only thing that’d make me consider migrating.

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    I’m really hoping this happens. I’d like to write a few iOS apps for personal use, but I don’t want to pay fees to be a developer.

    • Vub@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Hmm, aren’t the costs only for publishing on the app store and you can import an app from your own xcode for free? At least I was under that impression.

      • pixely@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        1 year ago

        You can only install 3 self-signed apps at a time, and they expire after 7 days. It’s meant to make it difficult for anything other than development purposes.

        • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          Came here to say that. Expiring every 7 days is too troublesome to be worth it.

          • xts@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            It’s not, at least not on a Mac. It refreshes automatically, I honestly haven’t refreshed my apps in months outside of upgrading to iOS 17.

    • dorumon@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Doubt Apple will allow JIT to run on their specific region sideloading.

      • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        The DMA requires Apple to provide access to all hardware and software features required to serve competing apps and services. Browser engines are explicitly mentioned several times, and these require JIT access. It’s going to be interesting to see how they implement that.

        • dorumon@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Oh really thats neat! Well I hope it comes here in the states or else my current iPhone will probably be the last I’ll ever use once the battery degrades enough or it no longer gets support. I really don’t want to have to pay 20 dollars for a signing service and a abunch of outdated apps or be tethered to a computer to use JIT ever again and I would rather just use my android phone for everything.

        • dorumon@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Good news is you’d probably be able to run a torrent client or anything else that doesn’t require JIT code in order to function.