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Google Allows users to sideload applications on its Android mobile operating system. This feature helps Android Users can install third-party applications from outside the built-in application store(Google Play Store). However, this feature has caused some problems as some third-party app stores may contain apps with malicious code. Meanwhile, iPhone maker Apple has not allowed its users to download apps outside of the App Store. Due to new EU regulations (specifically the Digital Markets Act, which will come into effect in 2024), the company has reportedly decided to allow users to sideload. Apps in iOS. Rumors claim that Apple may allow iPhone users to sideload apps in the futureiOS 17.2 update.
According to a report by the Independent, Apple is “hard at work cracking its own iPhones.” in the interview Ivan KrsticApple's head of security engineering and architecture explained why Apple feels the need to invest so heavily in security. Krstic also talked about Apple's ability to open up the iPhone to third-party app stores and allow sideloading due to the upcoming regulation. Europe.
The report states that even if Apple allowed its users to sideload apps, the vast majority of users would still choose to use the App Store. Sideloading will be available as a separate option for those who take advantage of it. In such scenarios, the end user will not be able to download the required app from the App Store. Instead, they'll be forced to use a third-party system — which Apple says won't be as secure as the App Store. Except for Krstic, an Apple executive Craig Federig It also came out against lateral loading. In his speech, Federighi referred to sideloading as “cybercrime's best friend.” In the interview WWDC 2023Federighi acknowledged that Apple has no choice but to comply with EU regulations on sideloading and third-party app stores.
Read what Ivan Krstic has to say
“This is a big misunderstanding – and we tried to explain it more than once. The reality that the alternative distribution requirements allow is that software that consumers in Europe need – sometimes business software, other times personal software, social software they want to use – may only be available off-store, alternatively distributed. . In this case, these users have no choice but to obtain this software from a distribution mechanism they trust. So, in fact, it's simply not a case of consumers retaining the choice they have today to get all their software from the App Store. We do not see ourselves as against governments. That's not what any of these works are about. But we see ourselves as having a duty to protect our customers from threats, be they mundane or in some cases, really severe. “
According to a report by the Independent, Apple is “hard at work cracking its own iPhones.” in the interview Ivan KrsticApple's head of security engineering and architecture explained why Apple feels the need to invest so heavily in security. Krstic also talked about Apple's ability to open up the iPhone to third-party app stores and allow sideloading due to the upcoming regulation. Europe.
The report states that even if Apple allowed its users to sideload apps, the vast majority of users would still choose to use the App Store. Sideloading will be available as a separate option for those who take advantage of it. In such scenarios, the end user will not be able to download the required app from the App Store. Instead, they'll be forced to use a third-party system — which Apple says won't be as secure as the App Store. Except for Krstic, an Apple executive Craig Federig It also came out against lateral loading. In his speech, Federighi referred to sideloading as “cybercrime's best friend.” In the interview WWDC 2023Federighi acknowledged that Apple has no choice but to comply with EU regulations on sideloading and third-party app stores.
Read what Ivan Krstic has to say
“This is a big misunderstanding – and we tried to explain it more than once. The reality that the alternative distribution requirements allow is that software that consumers in Europe need – sometimes business software, other times personal software, social software they want to use – may only be available off-store, alternatively distributed. . In this case, these users have no choice but to obtain this software from a distribution mechanism they trust. So, in fact, it's simply not a case of consumers retaining the choice they have today to get all their software from the App Store. We do not see ourselves as against governments. That's not what any of these works are about. But we see ourselves as having a duty to protect our customers from threats, be they mundane or in some cases, really severe. “
