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About this time next year Ms. Vestager is going to demand that Apple do something about the proliferation of malware on the iOS platform…
If memory serves, the term of art is (or was) PEBKAC.As a software developer, I would say calling them stupid is being nice.
For example I've had to deal with people like the fictitious one in this tale from the 90's.
Too Stupid to Own a Computer
Did a Microsoft employee tell a customer he was 'too stupid to own a computer'?www.snopes.com
"she really doesn't like the Apple way of doing things"Whenever my wife is yelling at her WinTel computer (or her Android phone), I tell her that she'd probably be happier, and better off, with Apple products. She actually gets even testier when I suggest that -- she really doesn't like the Apple way of doing things -- but I really do think she'd be happier on any given day living in Apple's ecosystem.
If memory serves, the term of art is (or was) PEBKAC.
Problem exists between keyboard and computer?
whoops!Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard!PEBCAK - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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I have thought about this some more. As I have already said I consider this legislation heavy handed. A mobile phone is going to be used by all sorts of people who don't have enough sense to protect themselves from fraud and malware.
No, the EU should stop meddling and anyone who doesn't like a walled garden can buy and Android phone. Apple is not a monopoly. None (or few) of these big tech companies are based in the EU. This regulation is a form of coddling. It's I want an iPhone, but I want it my way. This is sometimes called the cake mentality. It's people who want to keep their cake and eat it too. People with no sense will not acquire any. I'm sure the EU has many regulations to protect people from themselves. This is just a way of trying to hurt successful US companies. Some developers will benefit from this but consumers will not. Apple has to do a lot of work to make this work and consumers in and out of the EU will be paying for it.Then they should acquire the sense needed. The amount of lowest common denominator coddling in the world today is out of hand!
Strangely this scene from 1991 comes to mind!
Apple developers will be able to write new code and then release new apps for users to sideload. These Apple developers will of course benefit from this change, since it’s both exposure and profit for them.Some developers will benefit from this but consumers will not. Apple has to do a lot of work to make this work and consumers in and out of the EU will be paying for it.
I see this as forcing a private business to meet the political goals of a regulator. Only a few developers will benefit. It's wishful thinking to say more apps will be available. It's going to be a real mess when people start complaining about malware and fraud. Why should I worry. Europe is struggling to keep the lights on with their climate goals and the cut off of Russian natural gas.Apple developers will be able to write new code and then release new apps for users to sideload. These Apple developers will of course benefit from this change, since it’s both exposure and profit for them.
Consumers will also benefit, since there will be a lot more applications that are available to sideload, that were previously not possible to download from the official App Store. Sure, there will be malicious applications, along legitimate ones. But it’s always up to the user to verify the authenticity of downloading anything on the internet. So that doesn’t change.
Apple will of course, be forced to allow these sideloaded apps, which means they’ll have to write new code to allow this in the beginning. At this point, we don’t know whether Apple will implement an anti-malware scanner, like Android Play Store has, so we’ll have to wait and see.
Of course, businesses will also be affected by this, as it means there’s a new threat model that they have to deal with. Hopefully, through the use of MDM, they can stop the ability for their employees to run these side-loaded apps, when used on their corporate network.
Hopefully, this option becomes available to parents through the use of “Parental control”, so kids who don’t know any better, will also be protected from any potential malicious sideloaded apps.
Anyway, I don’t see this being a negative, much like you can install any application for any platform. It’s always up to the user to verify the legitimacy of the applications they install.
People seem to be confusing what side-loading of applications implies. It doesn’t imply that their iPhone’s security somehow becomes weaker just by the fact that their phone can do this.
I understand the intent of this statement, but this definition of malicious is a warms summers day in reality to what can be done with just one click of the "agree to all" button by the herd.Heck, many of the "app store"-blessed apps are plenty malicious enough.
Only a few developers will benefit. It's wishful thinking to say more apps will be available.
Threat actors are just exploiting a vulnerability (or better yet multiple stacked vulnerabilities) in some Apple's product/service.Why wouldn’t your data security be degraded though? If you can load programs outside established channels, what’s to prevent threat actors from doing the same?
If I were a developer and had a mildly successful app on Apples AppStore you bet I'd re-release it in the EU and take my 30% profit back.
Like I said before, this move will bring back a lot of Apple former users who switched to Android previously, because their Apple experience was limited.