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Report: Apple plans to support sideloading and third-party app stores by 2024

by crgt on 12/15/22, 3:51 AM with 16 comments

• by merricksb on 12/15/22, 5:07 AM

  Huge discussion of original article (referenced as source in this article) yesterday:

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33974265 (678 points/753 comments)

• by spindle on 12/15/22, 4:56 AM

  Is there a better word than "sideloading" for running programs chosen by the user without the manufacturer intermediating? I almost want to call it "running programs", as in "Apple plans to support running programs on its computers" ... but obviously that's not quite accurate.

• by ggm on 12/15/22, 5:06 AM

  This will cut revenue. If twitter-class apps move, and if Apple cannot contract enforce the 30% cut on some component of payment. So, I expect some reaction in terms of future earnings from this.

  This will weaken the defences of the walled garden, unless Apple mark-sweep the 3rd party stores. If you value a walled garden, and some people do, then the walls got lower. This isn't necessarily good.

  I expect to see ringfences go up: Safari and Mail and like apps may well stop doing open file on content from side loaded apps, if they can't prove they are safe. (proof.. whatever that means)

• by ygee on 12/15/22, 4:21 AM

  This is interesting! Just indifferent about this right now as this could cause store fragmentation, but also gives users the ability to install apps that are not available in their region.

• by unethical_ban on 12/15/22, 4:46 AM

  One of the last major differences between android and iOS that actually has a direct effect on non techies. This would be huge.