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Oooo! Oooo! Do Apple next!
All I can see is the big giant security hole this opens up for both platforms.
Text messages, photos, contacts, sleep patterns, bank information, heart rates, stocks, phone calls, menstrual cycles, voice memos, 2 factor authentication apps, password managers, medications, blood oxygen levels, baby monitors, cameras, wifi lights, internal home network servers, hotel rooms, emails, etc harvested, sold, and exploited all because [email protected] wants his iPhone 13 to be able to install fornite aim bot mods.
“Is there any reason why this calculator needs permissions for my camera, microphone, contacts, and files?”
—said no one ever who posts on facebook that their account was hacked
Apple can take action and remove apps that are malicious, and they're really good at it. Of course you won't hear those people on facebook worrying about app permissions because there usually isn't anything to worry about.
Adding a new app store is a HUGE attack surface that requires a ton of resources, and im getting the feeling that people aren't understanding the effort Apple takes to keep their app store nice.