Many countries and regions require the opening of Apple's ecology. For example, apple stores in the Netherlands are required to open up their payment systems to third parties. Because of the incident, Apple was fined 5 million euros a week by the Netherlands. Prior to this, there was no agreement to open in any way. It wasn't until March, when it was fined a total of more than 50 million euros, that Apple was pressured to agree to open up its external payment system.
However, the EU region plans to create new requirements that allow Apple to load on iPhones for apps outside the App Store. What's going on? What happens if the iPhone is open to sideload
Cook made a tough statement about the side load
Apple's most typical advantage is ecological independence. Many of the rules are based on independence. This is because Apple IOS is a closed source ecological operating system and is not open to external manufacturers. Therefore, Apple can specifically formulate rules and measures that are beneficial to it according to its own requirements
The most typical is the 30% commission of the App Store. When users download apps and pay in the App Store, Apple's payment system charges up to 30 percent for the service, known by many as the "Apple tax."
Some countries require Apple to open third-party payment systems, not allowing Apple to have such a high percentage. Especially after the Netherlands fined 50 million euros for ten consecutive weeks, Apple finally compromised and said it would release third-party payments.
If it's just about the payment system, Apple may be able to compromise and have room for negotiation, but in terms of iPhone sideload, this time, Cook said that nothing would compromise
The European Union created the Digital Marketplace Act specifically for U.S. tech companies, which requires Apple to turn on iPhones outside the App Store and allow apps to be side-loaded on iPhones. In short, in addition to Apple's own app store, the iPhone can also download apps from other third-party app stores.
The so-called sideload is actually a free transfer for many ecological aspects, such as open applications. As with Android, you can download apps without going through the app store, or install apps on your phone as an installation package. Just like Apple's ios system jailbreak, it only becomes officially allowed.
Apple iOS system jailbreak, similar to the Nokia Symbian system crack certificate, after the jailbreak of the Apple mobile phone, will be able to bypass Apple's official APP market, freely install cracked paid software, or third-party magic to change the homemade software, hardware, after the jailbreak, you can also partially overclock the CPU and GPU part, strengthen the user's control over the iOS device.
Apple CEO Tim Cook made a tough statement about sideloads. Cook said: "If we were forced to let unaudited apps into the iPhone, the consequences would be severe. "It's not hard to see from Cook's tough statement that there won't be any compromise on the side load issue. Some may wonder why Apple agreed to open third-party payment systems outside the App Store, but not the Third-Party App Store.
These are actually two different things. The liberalization of third-party payment systems will only affect Apple's revenue and profits, and will not cause any adverse consequences for the users themselves. However, if you open a third-party store, you can bypass the store to download the app. In Cook's words, this would compromise users' privacy
What happens if the iPhone is open for side loading
One of the biggest differences between Android and Apple is whether it supports side loading. Taking Android as an example, after supporting side loading, you can install various applications according to your needs. The advantage is that it has a high degree of freedom and is inclusive for individual developers. Users don't need to go through the app store to work properly
Of course, the drawbacks are also obvious. Malware is also easy to install. This software reads user data in the background and steals privacy. Although Android mobile phone manufacturers are now doing a good job in privacy protection, such as Xiaomi's special introduction of privacy protection functions such as "flares" and "virtual IDs" on MIUI12, if users actively authorize, they will still expose their privacy to the background of malware. Therefore, combined with the advantages and disadvantages of sideloading, we can know what will happen if the iPhone turns on side loading.
First, it may cause users to leave and affect the IOS privacy ecosystem
I believe that many Apple users buy because the iPhone does not support sideloading. Being able to download apps only from the App Store is actually an additional guarantee to the user
Because Apple has reviewed most of the software to ensure that it is safe and complies with Apple's privacy policy, users can use it safely when downloading. However, if sideload is supported, it may cause users to leave and affect the IOS privacy ecosystem
Second, Apple has lost its ecological advantage of closed source code and cannot form control over the ecological environment
If Apple supports side loading, it will put the entire IOS operating system in an environment that is easy to expose privacy, and Apple will lose its ecological advantage of closed source code
Too many third-party apps and malware can easily appear in the field of vision of iPhone users. At that time, Apple will not be able to control the ecological environment. Losing some of the App Store's revenue is nothing to Apple, but without the ecological advantage of open source, the privacy policies apple has established over the years could be broken
For Apple, which takes privacy very seriously, this is obviously unacceptable. So Cook is tough and uncompromising about the iPhone's side loading
Basically, as long as it is an official application, there is no need for side loading, because if the official software has no problems, it can be approved and listed through the App Store. It is exactly what other apps with different ideas want from third-party app stores
This time, though, Apple won't side-load and open third-party app stores to the iPhone. It has actually been recognized by many Apple users. After all, Apple has done a great job of security and privacy protection. But whether Apple can stick to it ultimately depends on Apple itself.
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