Apple makes tough decisions about who they want as customers for good reasons.
Most customers don’t understand how their phone works, or the benefits of alternate app stores. Android is proof of that, alternate app stores are nearly microscopic.
They don’t understand how they get malware or a virus, and frankly they don’t care to know. Understanding the inner workings of their phone isn’t important to them, it’s just a tool.
So if Apple allows side loading on iPhone, their friends or some social media d-bag will convince them or their friends to side-load something containing malware. Whether it wipes, ransoms or monitors their phone won’t matter.
What will matter is who they blame. Hint: not themselves. They may blame the evil actor or person who sent them the link, but they are most likely to blame Apple, or even worse, iPhone.
But by bit, bad experiences will degrade the iPhone brand of privacy and security. It will be no different than Android, and iPhone will lose its premium.
Because iPhone is designed to serve exactly those types of customers, of course Apple does everything possible to lock down security and privacy. And that includes no side loading, no alternate stores. This was true even when App Store revenues were microscopic, in fact Jobs never even wanted native app developers, he wanted web apps because he thought they would be secure.
Apple doesn’t want you as a customer. They should have the right to be opinionated about what makes a great iPhone, and who they want to sell to. Otherwise the entire experience gets watered down to Android level.
Funny, that's not what Apple has been saying to me.
Also, the Mac has allowed "sideloading" by default since 1984, as did the Apple II before that.
Maybe Apple should screen your phone calls too. The iPhone can only answer calls from people that Apple approves, because scammers can call your grandma on the phone.
Maybe iPhone should only play music that Apple approves. None of that devil worship heavy metal, only good clean church hymns.
[tries to buy candy bar with Apple Pay] Nope, bad nutrition!
Most customers don’t understand how their phone works, or the benefits of alternate app stores. Android is proof of that, alternate app stores are nearly microscopic.
They don’t understand how they get malware or a virus, and frankly they don’t care to know. Understanding the inner workings of their phone isn’t important to them, it’s just a tool.
So if Apple allows side loading on iPhone, their friends or some social media d-bag will convince them or their friends to side-load something containing malware. Whether it wipes, ransoms or monitors their phone won’t matter.
What will matter is who they blame. Hint: not themselves. They may blame the evil actor or person who sent them the link, but they are most likely to blame Apple, or even worse, iPhone.
But by bit, bad experiences will degrade the iPhone brand of privacy and security. It will be no different than Android, and iPhone will lose its premium.
Because iPhone is designed to serve exactly those types of customers, of course Apple does everything possible to lock down security and privacy. And that includes no side loading, no alternate stores. This was true even when App Store revenues were microscopic, in fact Jobs never even wanted native app developers, he wanted web apps because he thought they would be secure.
Apple doesn’t want you as a customer. They should have the right to be opinionated about what makes a great iPhone, and who they want to sell to. Otherwise the entire experience gets watered down to Android level.