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Apple refuses to relax its iron grip on iPhones in Europe (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Apple refuses to relax its iron grip on iPhones in Europe::As its walled garden crumbles, Apple grudgingly allows EU users to sideload applications. Will regulators take stiffer action, and what about the US?

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[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What makes you think mechanism that is used to install applications from Apple store can't be equally exploited as the mechanism that's used to install applications from a file? It's the same mechanism.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying it can't, but the attack surface is significantly reduced.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I disagree. If anything Apple failing to detect new kind of malware and approving malicious application is easier route. Simply because people see the description and trust the source infinitely and click install.