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Japan pushes for Apple and Google to allow sideloading (appleinsider.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/apple_enthusiast
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cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/119399

That's the original title they published, it was renamed later.

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[–] coralof 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please let this pass in the US as well. I want apps that don't have to send a 30% cut to Apple just for existing on their appstore, plus apps that Apple would never approve of in their high standards.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

If I could install something like F-droid where I know any app I download there is free and open source it would make it easy to move over from Android to iPhone.

Got sick of the apps having ads and constant subscription pestering on the appstore. I'll at the very least use some Foss app place on my iPad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This will likely hit Apple in the US eventually, now it may not be the simplest or basically have a bunch of "Proceed at your on risk" warnings....but it's almost for sure going to happen. The Google part is confusing....Hasn't android had sideloading from the get go?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's two part. One is sideloading, second is alternative payment processors for subcriptions/in-app purchases to bypass 30% cut that both Apple and Google takes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ahhhh ok that makes more sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

undefined> Hasn’t android had sideloading from the get go?

Yeah I'm always baffled by these articles because Android has sideloading already (and virtually no one uses it).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, android has had sideloading as long as I remember without rooting. Really the entire Amazon appstore is a sideloading server. Apple sites seem to not know that Android has had some of these features forever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

For those wondering, Google would have to allow payment options through third party apps as well (they currently allow side loading obviously)