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EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”. (www.eff.org)

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[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh damn, is Google moving toward not allowing apps to be installed from outside the Play Store?

Regardless, I see now how it's a problem; if we let Apple do it, and then Google decides to too, we're fucked, and it would then be unfair to not let Google do it since the precedent was set by allowing Apple to

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago

They've had the "this app might be malware" or whatever nonsense for ages, and I think they've stepped it up a bit. That won't stop power users, but it does chill average users and was a big reason Epic Games sued despite having the ability already to offer a sideloadable app.

And yeah, it's all about precedent. Microsoft has been trying to go this route for a while as well, and every time they do, it's always "security" as the excuse for why it needs to be that way.