• firadin@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    If it has such a small effect, why is Apple so hell-bent on stopping it?

    • Prethoryn Overmind@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Because purchases not made in the App Store are purchases Apple isn’t making revenue from.

      Mac already can side load and Windows can side load these days as well. Hell my fucking Chromebook that is going on, 7 years old can side load Linux software and Android applications and not any single damn one of my machines have I had a security concern with an app.

      Most people don’t even know what side loading is. Apple was hellbent on stopping it because it stops revenue.

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        10 months ago

        Windows can sideload? You’re making it sound like Windows has somehow allowed this lately; reality is “side loading” was just called “installing” since time immemorial.