How Apple’s anti-sideloading rant contradicts itself

Comment: Apple’s rant against app sideloading on iOS contradicts itself thanks to macOS

9to5Mac By Filipe Espósito November 4, 2021

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[{"selector":"#anim-dff82ee3-f492-4f4b-9200-adb96d78a368","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] While the company argues that app sideloading is a bad thing because it helps cybercriminals, macOS has always been based on having third-party apps installed from anywhere. So what is the problem?

[{"selector":"#anim-804ae818-d325-4e08-8968-5d05c9e28a26","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] During a keynote at Web Summit 2021, Apple’s vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi talked about security and privacy .

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[{"selector":"#anim-bd1a4388-59fc-4369-9bcb-662953eacf60","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Of course, the whole idea of Federighi’s speech argues in favor of the App Store guidelines, which have been widely criticized by multiple developers and companies.

[{"selector":"#anim-ea061e86-9ae9-4b7b-949f-9bb51155dcf1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Apple’s SVP compared recent attempts to pass laws to open up the App Store and iOS to laws that attempt to “forces you to weaken the security of your home.”

[{"selector":"#anim-47469c3d-7e7f-4aa0-a699-dea9b3471122","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] You can learn more about Apple's decision and read 9to5Mac's take right here .