iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps on iPhone

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iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps on iPhone

Apple is reportedly building the groundwork in iOS 17 to allow people to sideload apps to their iPhones in the future.

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Ivan Mehta@indianidle / 7:21 AM EDT•April 17, 2023
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Apple has kept the iPhone app distribution system closed, allowing users to download the apps only from the App Store. But the company might be adding some gates to this walled garden to let people sideload apps on iPhones soon.

A Bloomberg report noted that the Cupertino-based company will build the groundwork for such functionality with iOS 17. Reporter Mark Gurman said in his newsletter that Apple is overhauling its software for sideloading and we might see some announcement related to that at the upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June.

Last year, another Bloomberg report hinted at Apple’s new approach toward sideloading, owing to a change in regulation in Europe. EU’s Digital Market Act (DMA) will come into effect in 2024. The act forces big tech companies to allow alternative app stores on their platforms, so developers have a choice when it comes to app distribution and users have the choice of downloading apps from different sources.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Once again Droid gang with the win

 

[West Coast Avenger]

....how many years it take them to finally catch up??....

 

[Elim Garak]

 

[head shots101]

Dope

 

[I'm Blackman]

 

[Bubba T]

Apple innovating once again

 

[O.G.B]

Apple iLate

 

[Buddy]

Man what?! I'd be amazed if that happens. But it's NOT gonna happen.




Them muhfukkas get $99 A YEAR off developer account alone while Google charges $25 for LIFE Wayyyy too much money for them greedy b*stards to leave on the table.

 

[CopiousX]

I own both apple and Android. The biggest perk about apple is how closed the ecosystem is; so it's extremely rare to get a virus or buggy code.


Now they are opening a can of worms

 

[Ces1ne?]

This sh!t NEVER happening…..even if they attempted to code that sh!t as an experiment Steve Jobs would rise up outta his grave & stop it

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

I own both apple and Android. The biggest perk about apple is how closed the ecosystem is; so it's extremely rare to get a virus or buggy code.


Now they are opening a can of worms

The shyt you can do far outweighs the consequences.

Yall live in a safe little nerf world

 

[TripleAgent]

Only a decade or two late

 

[Gloxina]

I own both apple and Android. The biggest perk about apple is how closed the ecosystem is; so it's extremely rare to get a virus or buggy code.


Now they are opening a can of worms

^^^

 

[Elim Garak]