CheeseFreeze

But do we want Mini LED?
https://www.phonearena.com/news/ipad-pro-display-blooming-issues-explained-fix-mini-led_id132334

This is not enough. Apple has proven in several occasions their “privacy-first mantra” is just marketing, when you look at China, Russia and other countries.
This system can be abused locally to search or collect data. I want Apple to at the very least state they will never ever do it, and if they do, are fine with the world-wide legal implications/liability.  

Secondly, it’s MY device that I paid good money for and Apple allows me ZERO options to replace Photos with another app. It’s not that I can seamlessly switch and my camera and file browsing defaults to this new app - another topic but still relevant here.

Ofcourse nobody wants child porn, but Apple is not the police nor did I choose to have my photos scanned.

Screw this company and their hypocritical culture. I’m so much invested in their hardware and software but they are simply not the company anymore that I used to respect. 

sflocal said:

JohnDinEU said:

Apple (and Google) are way too strong for anyone’s liking, incl the App Store. I remember the old days where Steve was on every platform to complain about, mostly, Microsoft. These days it’s Tim’s shop that stops every competition and we the consumers are paying for it (sometimes with our lives). Of course there need to more places to get Apps, or like in the old days, download directly from a website. The argument that Apple keeps us safe is since two weeks out of the window anyway because Journo’s and political activists were killed because Apple was sleeping at the wheel. 

First post and all you do is spew nonsense.  Go troll elsewhere, or at least try doing a better job than doing some kind of revisionist history.

dee_dee said:

I’m a pretty big Apple fan, but when someone pays $1000 + for a phone, they deserve the right to do what they want with it.  I will still use the App Store, and I’m sure lots still will.  But if someone wants to side load god knows what and is fine with the risk then go right ahead. 

You already can.  It's called "Jailbreaking".  Apple has no obligation to make it easy to do it.  If you side-load a Trojan-infected application and it bricks your iPhone, I guarantee the first thing you're going to do is play stupid and walk to an Apple store and pretend that it "just stopped working".  I lost count of how many news articles came out back in the day about some severe iPhone malware and criticizing Apple's "security", only to read in the fine print that it was a jailbroken iPhone.

Even Cydia is barely the hanging on since there is little people realized there is little to no need to jailbreak anymore.   

Jailbreaking is not side-loading.
Far from it. And you know it. 

Yet another company or government backs up Epic’s stance.

However, on forums.appleinsider.com: “booh, Apple is right!” 

genovelle said:

CheeseFreeze said:

KillBillOG said:

“Swiney” is an epic ass… I wouldn’t trust Epic games with my payments… especially if it is a subscription buried in layers of foo to end or pause it. One place to find my subscriptions… it’s called the App Store. 

And this is based on what information and experience? 

The fact that they a shady and willing to break agreements and start a false war to undermine a company that helped them grow. They can not be trusted. The reason they want an outside store is to avoid Apple rules which are in place to protect us from shady characters like them. 

Epic is hardly dependent on Apple. They make much, much more money outside the App Store. Apple is also very shady - not less than Epic. Whatever “side” we are on, these are two corporations that should be be measured equally. You are labeling one as “shady” without a basis, while exonerating another.