About 90% of my apps from fdroid. A Foss store that will do they’re best to ensure no anti or invasive features break through to my phone. I am certain that apple will have a similar store.
Comment on Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I was against sideloading, because I’m in it for the walled garden and if governments were to use their own stalls to publish their apps, then, actually it doesn’t matter anymore! Our gov apps still invasive anyway, imo.
For the clueless, the particular app scans your face with various coloured screens being blasted through the phone screen, doesn’t matter if you have face ID enabled or not, its their own scan.
Power to sideloading.
squid_slime@lemmy.world 6 months ago
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I’ll even go as far as to say that because F-Droid apps are usually not for profit you get actually good apps without ads or trying to sell you anything.
They’re just an app that some dude found he needed and developed, and then made available for everyone else.
This is the most jarring difference I find when I go to the App Store, so a FOSS repository for iOS would be so huge.
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And I’m sure of that. Suffice to say it doesn’t matter because Apple’s walled garden allowed the Gov’s invasive app regardless.
Just to be clear: it doesn’t matter because the walled garden sucked and didn’t work and I don’t mind a third party store anymore.
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You guys downvoting me do realized that I’m fine with sideloading right?
locuester@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Your first sentence, after the comma, should say “I was in it…”. That was a bit confusing.
And then you went completely off the rails with some colored light government conspiracy stuff.
So I think that’s causing the downvotes.
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
locuester@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
That’s just financial apps using selfies for id verification. They’ve been doing that for years with crypto exchange apps.
Tosti@feddit.nl 6 months ago
You being paid by apple to fear monger about sideloading?
If you fear this, just leave the sideloading to others.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wherever I ever see a comment complaining about side loading, I just assume they’re an Apple financed marketing shill.
Even if they’re just propagandised, the argument is so stupid they deserve nothing but ridicule.
kbotc@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My biggest issue is cancelling recurring services. The Apple model requires that all your subscriptions appear on a pane of glass that you can notice if you signed up for a free trial and it’s been billing you $2.99/month because you wanted to read your kid Dr. Suess books on a flight when you were exhausted. Good luck figuring that out if you only have “$2.99 STRIPE BABELBOX INC” on your credit card bill.
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Um, I said I believed before. I don’t believe it works anymore (walled garden). And that the government apps already doing this in the walled garden. Even said power to sideloading….
And I get downvoted to oblivion?
Tosti@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Probably also for the Q-Anon level lunacy with the government apps n stuff.
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sorry for wanting privacy then.
Nighed@sffa.community 6 months ago
Your initial comment makes very little sense ( to me anyway)
Fishytricks@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeap its my mistake. Poor wording.