Not that these types of apps are good but Apple should allow people to void their warranties and sideload open source apps like you can easily do on Android phones.
Appreciate the article, but there are a few things in there that I think aren't quite accurate. Not wrong per se, but a bit misleading. For example:
> Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration’s power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks.
It didn't stem from the lawsuit, it stemmed from Apple's intentional policy of tight control over the app store, which the lawsuit challenged. The lawsuit could have forced a change, but it did not make any changes, so I don't see how the lawsuit is at all relevant.
I also find myself a bit frustrated at expressions like this, because people like me have been shouting this danger from the rooftops since early on in iPhone history!
It wouldn't surprise me if Google's plans to force developer verification on Android is, in part, a response to applications like the one that kept track of ICE. The government would like to go after people who are creating tools that make their lives harder, and to do that, they need names.
> Whereas if it could be installed from a website or from another store, there’s just no possible way that they could go around to every single host in existence and try to shut it down.
That doesn't make sense to me, couldn't the Trump administration just as easily make ISP's block the required pages. Similar to how the Pirate Bay is blocked in many countries?
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> Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration’s power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks.
It didn't stem from the lawsuit, it stemmed from Apple's intentional policy of tight control over the app store, which the lawsuit challenged. The lawsuit could have forced a change, but it did not make any changes, so I don't see how the lawsuit is at all relevant.
I also find myself a bit frustrated at expressions like this, because people like me have been shouting this danger from the rooftops since early on in iPhone history!
That doesn't make sense to me, couldn't the Trump administration just as easily make ISP's block the required pages. Similar to how the Pirate Bay is blocked in many countries?
Apple or Google blocks your app, that could have been a web app anyway...
Apple blocked Microsoft from putting Cloud Gaming, as an app, Microsoft released a web page you can add to your home screen.
There are ways around this. The web app might have been the cheaper option too.