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0 pointssimion3146y ago0 comments

>Mandating sideloading would remove consumer choice.

How exactly are you affected by an optional thing that is off by default and hidden away. Apple could force you to watch some videos that explain why this is dangerous and make you read all the warnings.

Some smart developers and designers could design this so grandma is not tricked to install malware, you could even require you take a quiz online.

You also have the Mac OS example, it is not locked down and the viruses and malware are not rampant.

Honest question , can you take 1 minute and consider thins, is there a large monetary incentive for Apple to lock down iOS?

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zepto6y ago· 2 in thread

The incentives for people to trick grandma and anyone else into downloading malware would outweigh any benefit.

Frankly, Google and Facebook would probably be the first to release their own App Store apps and then use their platforms to tell everyone how this was safe.

To believe otherwise is naive.

simion314OP6y ago

>he incentives for people to trick grandma and anyone else into downloading malware would outweigh any benefit.

What is your opinion on Apple Pay then? if Apple has such a large user base of user that follow every instructions they read on a webpage and put their password in random inputs then Apple Pay is even more dangerous

zepto6y ago

You are clearly missing the point. Nobody is talking about people who ‘follow every instruction on a webpage’.

If you don’t think Facebook or Google could persuade people to install a store, you are out of contact with reality.

Once installed, those stores would be just as compromised as Google and Facebook have already proven themselves to be over and over again.

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spunker5406y ago· 1 in thread

There is a good incentive for them to do it, just like any other business decision they make. There should also be a large monetary incentive for someone to create a more open platform if people really cared about it as much HN does. The problem is most people could care less. I will never hear my mom say she wishes she could download apps that aren’t on the App Store.

simion314OP6y ago

My son was playing a new video game. After he finished I asked him about it and he told me that was good but some buttons were inverted and he had to get used to that. He did not know or asked himself if maybe there are options to change the buttons/controls.

Same with your mother, she will not even know or consider the side loading app idea, this will happen only you are hit with things like your application or books are removed from your device, or a popular application is not approved because of political or moral issues.

Other example is ad blocking, my relatives do not ask me randomly , "hey is there something that can block ads?" , I need to notice they are missing an ad blocker, then explain why should install one and install one for them.

Btw my parents don't play video games, so since you decided if parents don't need something then is useless let's get rid of video games.

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zepto6y ago· 2 in thread

The incentives for people to trick grandma and anyone else into downloading malware would outweigh any benefit.

Frankly, Google and Facebook would probably be the first to release their own App Store apps and then use their platforms to tell everyone how this was safe.

To believe otherwise is naive.

simion314OP6y ago

>he incentives for people to trick grandma and anyone else into downloading malware would outweigh any benefit.

zepto6y ago

You are clearly missing the point. Nobody is talking about people who ‘follow every instruction on a webpage’.

If you don’t think Facebook or Google could persuade people to install a store, you are out of contact with reality.

Once installed, those stores would be just as compromised as Google and Facebook have already proven themselves to be over and over again.

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spunker5406y ago· 1 in thread

simion314OP6y ago

Btw my parents don't play video games, so since you decided if parents don't need something then is useless let's get rid of video games.

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