The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
Sideload wasn’t a loaded language before Android OS and still isn’t: it’s a bogus, overreactive claim.
All of them are valid install methods.
Developers will always need a way to load their experimental apps not yet suitable for release: they won’t block the methods they need to do that.
Clear use cases for casual users exist for
deterring them from installing software by bad actors that’s known to be malicious
verifying non-malicious software hasn’t been modified possibly maliciously before installing it.
“They” are drama-queens, because despite legitimate use cases to address actual problems posing high-cost risks to users (even as Google turns out to be a shitty authority) & clear documentation that power users can still install any package they want, they choose to catastrophize.
“They” is now a dirty word?
Sideload wasn’t a loaded language before Android OS and still isn’t: it’s a bogus, overreactive claim.
All of them are valid install methods. Developers will always need a way to load their experimental apps not yet suitable for release: they won’t block the methods they need to do that.
Clear use cases for casual users exist for
“They” are drama-queens, because despite legitimate use cases to address actual problems posing high-cost risks to users (even as Google turns out to be a shitty authority) & clear documentation that power users can still install any package they want, they choose to catastrophize.