iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps from outside the App Store::undefined

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      Kinda? They have to do it soon, and betas are where they would do it. They wouldn’t just make a “last day possible” update, that would just be bad development practice. Imagine if they were delayed.

    • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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      8 months ago

      This is the last thing holding Google back from total domination of the web browser space. You know most people will just download Chrome when something doesn’t work, since they already use it on their PC/Mac.

      While I don’t think that holding users hostage is the best thing to do, the reality is that enough people just don’t care, and the iPhone and iPad’s popularity forces web devs to make their sites work on Safari and not just Chrome. Once a real Chrome is available on iOS, all bets are off.

  • vin@lemmynsfw.com
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    8 months ago

    Can’t wait to see how this will be an implementation designed to be crippled, like they did with web push (why can’t i enable non silent notifications?)