OutdoorAppDeveloper

Poor Petabyte. Never had a chance. It sounds like we are skipping it and going straight to the Exabyte.
Many years ago at a tech trade show there was an asian company at the front of the hall proudly showing of their robotic hard drive loading system with over one Petabyte of storage. They named the thing the "Petafile". I kid you not. I bet they wondered why they were getting all the smirks and snickers as people walked by.
And now you know the rest of the story.

bloggerblog said:

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Suggestion to Apple: Get ahead of this massive security problem. If anyone can side load any app they want onto their iOS device, that puts every other app at risk from data theft and other hacks. To get around this start working right now on an alternative version of iOS that users can install if they want to, much like the beta profiles you have  now. The alternative side loading open iOS has no Apple App Store. It has no access to iCloud, CloudKit or any other technology that could become compromised by apps that have not been through the app review process. Most iOS users (myself included) will opt for the secure version of iOS for their primary devices. For older, otherwise unused devices, the alternative open but unsecure iOS will be a lot of fun to play with. Think of it as another form of recycling. The open iOS does no not need to be updated as often as the main secure version because (duh) it's not secure.

The problem with this approach is all you need is a few trending companies to pull together and provide their services through side loading only and you'll have an AppStore that's as useless as macOS's AppStore. All they have to do is take Facebook, WhatsApp, Netflix, HBO, Snapchat to side loading and it's all over. These companies don't want nutrition labels either.

Hardly any users will opt for the unsafe open version of iOS on the devices they use the most. If those apps jumped to side loading, they would see almost all their iOS users vanish over night. No company will make that decision.

jungmark said:

Terrible idea. Who gets the blame if your device gets bricked or all your information is stolen? 

Apple who fought against side loading rather than built in support and protection for it?

waveparticle said:

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Suggestion to Apple: Get ahead of this massive security problem. If anyone can side load any app they want onto their iOS device, that puts every other app at risk from data theft and other hacks. To get around this start working right now on an alternative version of iOS that users can install if they want to, much like the beta profiles you have  now. The alternative side loading open iOS has no Apple App Store. It has no access to iCloud, CloudKit or any other technology that could become compromised by apps that have not been through the app review process. Most iOS users (myself included) will opt for the secure version of iOS for their primary devices. For older, otherwise unused devices, the alternative open but unsecure iOS will be a lot of fun to play with. Think of it as another form of recycling. The open iOS does no not need to be updated as often as the main secure version because (duh) it's not secure.

Apple could let user choose to side-load in a settings option. Just like ATT. Google Android has been doing like this since the beginning of Android. And we have not heard any Android user hurt or complain about this. 

That would be true if Apple had allowed side loading from the beginning and built protections into iOS to fire wall side loaded apps from the rest of the system. Apple did not do that. Instead they fought against side loading using lobbyists. The result is that if they suddenly allowed side loading, the entire operating system is wide open (as it is to apps in jail broken devices).

Suggestion to Apple: Get ahead of this massive security problem. If anyone can side load any app they want onto their iOS device, that puts every other app at risk from data theft and other hacks. To get around this start working right now on an alternative version of iOS that users can install if they want to, much like the beta profiles you have  now. The alternative side loading open iOS has no Apple App Store. It has no access to iCloud, CloudKit or any other technology that could become compromised by apps that have not been through the app review process. Most iOS users (myself included) will opt for the secure version of iOS for their primary devices. For older, otherwise unused devices, the alternative open but unsecure iOS will be a lot of fun to play with. Think of it as another form of recycling. The open iOS does no not need to be updated as often as the main secure version because (duh) it's not secure.