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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 3 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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whiddershins ◴[14 Aug 20 03:12 UTC] No.24152851[source]▶
All I want is a system preference that says ‘allow apps from other sources than the apple App Store.’

And I want that setting to work exactly as you imagine.

And then everything else problematic about this debate would disappear.

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1. dodobirdlord ◴[14 Aug 20 08:04 UTC] No.24155157[source]▶
If that system preference ever gets added I want Apple to continue selling a version of iPhone that doesn't have it, with no way to enable it and with a promise to never add it in a future update. I consider not being able to sideload software onto an iPhone to be an important feature! I like knowing that if someone malicious with moderate but not extraordinary technical ability gets ahold of my unlocked phone they are limited in their ability to compromise it in a way that persists through a restart. I.e. what any border guard can demand on entering any country I can think of. If I used an Android phone I would destroy it if it left my sight unlocked and I didn't know what had happened while it was away.

I have root access to plenty of hardware devices. I don't need root access to every hardware device I own. What am I going to do with that capability on an iPhone, sideload Fortnite? No thanks, this is the device I use to check my email.

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2. yipbub ◴[14 Aug 20 08:17 UTC] No.24155255[source]▶
Good point, but maybe that setting could just require reauthentication?
3. krrrh ◴[14 Aug 20 10:22 UTC] No.24156084[source]▶
So many of us function as unpaid tech support for various family members. I do everything I can to push them towards iOS largely because the total inability to side load apps saves me time and money.