So, by this logic, Apple is more powerful than law, cause it can “decide how it works” rather than design products based on customer need (decided by customer), comply with regulatory requirements (decided by government) while deliver the maximum amount of profit to all of its shareholders (decided by investors).
I feel like some folks here might want to give a shot at using a government-restricted internet for a year and report back to how they feel after that year. Freedom has never been taken for granted, but something we need to defend. Phantom of choice, on the other hand, doesn’t matter much if at all.
If governments so much wanted to ban apps, they would never mandate sideloading.
So what is the US, on up to the POTUS trying to do with Tic Tok? It is exactly why I mentioned it. They are not terribly bright when it comes to technology. It is TOTAL hypocrisy, and or not a good example of good governance.
YUP!!! Yet, we are in this situation.
CAN'T HAVE BOTH! Sorry to yell, but you can't have it both ways. Side-Loading allows me to do (as so many have stated) what I want outside the stores. You can't stop me from doing it if I have the ability to side-load.
If the law forces them to. Otherwise, they will have to get creative to either work around it (if possible). Or do something completely different. Something that solves the issues for the company, and provides whatever these governments want. Which sounds pretty hard to do. But it is Apple that is what they do. Make the hard stuff simple.
Yeah, if only they'd made their Paid Applications (developer) Agreement ...simpler, too.
Isn't that true concerning the whole tech industry? Can any external parties micro manage the exact way corporations design products around customers interactions. Yes perhaps something doesn't quite measure up to some countries laws, but then its like the differences involving encryption with many governments all having different requirements on whats allowed and whats not allowed as an example.So, by this logic, Apple is more powerful than law, cause it can “decide how it works” rather than design products based on customer need (decided by customer), comply with regulatory requirements (decided by government) while deliver the maximum amount of profit to all of its shareholders (decided by investors).
Yeah, Apple makes the product, it’s theirs to decide how it works.
Speak for yourself. There are many who want access to sideloading on iPhones.
Governments design the rules and regulations of commerce within their own jurisdictions. If Apple doesnt like it, they can leave the EU.
and theirs is many more who don't you are the minority
We'll wait and see about that.
I don't think Apple is more powerful than any government, but this does go to show the challenge of drafting a piece of legislation to have the intended outcome. It's one thing to go "I want you to do X" and it's another thing to make the contract as iron tight as possible, because you know the recipient is going to be a stickler for the rules and abuse every loophole they can find in order to give in as little possible.So, by this logic, Apple is more powerful than law, cause it can “decide how it works” rather than design products based on customer need (decided by customer), comply with regulatory requirements (decided by government) while deliver the maximum amount of profit to all of its shareholders (decided by investors).
Yeah, Apple makes the product, it’s theirs to decide how it works.
Amazing! Finally I can use emulators without having to open my laptop every week.
Apple in iOS 17 will for the first time allow iPhone users to download apps hosted outside of its official App Store, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Otherwise known as sideloading, the change would allow customers to download apps without needing to use the App Store, which would mean developers wouldn't need to pay Apple's 15 to 30 percent fees.
The App Store enforces minimal standards, and like all efforts to enforce standards, it costs money (as does advertising and app serving infrastructure). The devs will want to maximise profit, so they will leave the app store and then there will not be any standards. Sure, companies will face market pressure if their apps are fraudulent, security risks, or privacy risks, but that is closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. And your claim that Apple does nothing for security seems to contradict the claims Apple are making (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022...e-billion-in-fraudulent-transactions-in-2021/). Do you have any evidence whatsoever that Apple is lying or exaggerating about this?
Android controls something like 70% of the market for mobile phones. Don't be silly.
This is my main takeaway from this.. now I can play stuff like Paper Mario and Kirby games on the go as if there were mobile ports! :D
Oh, don't worry... I have practice in the arts. I have a decent library (around 50) prepared for as soon as they release, and if privacy is really one of their strong suits, then they won't blare any whistles.
Perhaps. I suppose we'll see. I wonder what Microsoft and other large companies will do.
Good for them. Hope they have more luck than they did with the Windows Store.
Seriously though, the more the merrier. A half dozen legit app stores would give some proper choice.
I just don't see how making users sift through half a dozen app stores to find what they want is a good experience - especially since I doubt app prices will be any lower outside the AppStore. Reminds me of the bad old days of having to go to many, many websites to buy software for my old Palm PDAs.
