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Apple refuses to relax its iron grip on iPhones in Europe (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apple refuses to relax its iron grip on iPhones in Europe::As its walled garden crumbles, Apple grudgingly allows EU users to sideload applications. Will regulators take stiffer action, and what about the US?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They are not forcing you to use side-loading. You can just keep using the app store like you have been, but now you at least get a choice.

[+] [email protected] -21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Right but in my line of business I don't want it to even be possible. I already made my choice purchasing an iPhone knowing full well I'm locked into the AppStore and my MDM catalog. If I can sideload so can a nefarious actor.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What makes you think mechanism that is used to install applications from Apple store can't be equally exploited as the mechanism that's used to install applications from a file? It's the same mechanism.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying it can't, but the attack surface is significantly reduced.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I disagree. If anything Apple failing to detect new kind of malware and approving malicious application is easier route. Simply because people see the description and trust the source infinitely and click install.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I can understand your concerns, at work we can do BYOD for phones and the process for MDM on Android phones are much more complex and invasive simply due to the fact that you can install apps on Android via sideloading.