Comment by juancn
8 months ago
Apple did not remove it, it revoked notarization. The title is misleading.
Google can and will do exactly the same thing for Android.
8 months ago
Apple did not remove it, it revoked notarization. The title is misleading.
Google can and will do exactly the same thing for Android.
Google does not notarise apps outside of the Play Store on Android, so, no, they will not do exactly that.
My fav App Store on a fresh Android is Chrome, because you can use Chrome to install any other app store, or any app directly from any website.
On iOS, there's no such alternative.
In fact, on iOS, you cannot install ANY app at all until you login into an Apple Account. In fact, even some pre-installed premium apps (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) on iOS cannot be used before you login into an Apple Account.
By comparison, Chrome lets you install any app from any website without providing any identifying information, preserving you privacy. It's very easy to dismiss the login screens when setting up a new Android device, too; something that Apple also makes far more difficult on iOS.
You missed the bad news about Android :( Though I'm not sure why they made the "remove" vs. "revoke" distinction.
That trial they'll be running isn't even live yet, and isn't even set in stone, either, and is limited to just a few countries in APAC. So, even with the news, it's still 2y away at a minimum for the US/EU.
Part of the big success of sideloading is that few people are doing it in the US/EU, so the attack surface is smaller as a result.
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Google can and will do exactly the same thing on android in a year when they implement the functionality.