Comment by GeekyBear
8 months ago
Historically speaking, Apple didn't allow side loading at all.
The EU changed the laws within their jurisdiction to require third party app store availability.
Historically speaking, Google made claims that Android would allow you to run anything you like (they didn't even have their own app store at first), and also that Android was open source.
They have incrementally been rolling back those stances ever since.
Yes and next year they're going to sign APKs even outside the app store so it's going to be almost the same situation as for Apple in the EU
At the time saurik wrote Cydia, Apple's App Store didn't exist, either.
Before the App Store, Apple didn't intend for there to be third party native apps at all. Just web apps.
I guess users claim more rights than what Apple intended for them to have. Good for them. Sucks to be Apple, having folks establish their ownership of their property and the operation thereof.
Look, kids! It’s a poor, little trillion dollar mega corporation. Everybody wave!
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