As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users...

Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading::As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users…

  • Fishytricks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    457·
    9 months ago

    I was against sideloading, because I’m in it for the walled garden and if governments were to use their own stalls to publish their apps, then, actually it doesn’t matter anymore! Our gov apps still invasive anyway, imo.

    For the clueless, the particular app scans your face with various coloured screens being blasted through the phone screen, doesn’t matter if you have face ID enabled or not, its their own scan.

    Power to sideloading.

    • squid_slime@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      9 months ago

      About 90% of my apps from fdroid. A Foss store that will do they’re best to ensure no anti or invasive features break through to my phone. I am certain that apple will have a similar store.

      • JustARegularNerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, I’ll even go as far as to say that because F-Droid apps are usually not for profit you get actually good apps without ads or trying to sell you anything.

        They’re just an app that some dude found they needed and developed, and then made available for everyone else.

        This is the most jarring difference I find when I go to the App Store, so a FOSS repository for iOS would be so huge.

      • Fishytricks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        And I’m sure of that. Suffice to say it doesn’t matter because Apple’s walled garden allowed the Gov’s invasive app regardless.

        Just to be clear: it doesn’t matter because the walled garden sucked and didn’t work and I don’t mind a third party store anymore.