Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoApple says third-party app marketplace creators must have €1,000,000 'letter of credit'9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: europe@feddit.de
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minus-squarebreakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoNote that third party app stores like F-Droid still aren’t first-class citizens like Google Play, since every installation still needs to be confirmed by an os popup, they can’t automatically install updates on most phones.
minus-squarehannes3120@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoTBF if it wasn’t without a popup it would be insanely easy to install malware without the user knowing You even get that popup on windows when installing something. The only thing I see a problem with is that something like fdroid can’t be installed from the play store
Note that third party app stores like F-Droid still aren’t first-class citizens like Google Play, since every installation still needs to be confirmed by an os popup, they can’t automatically install updates on most phones.
TBF if it wasn’t without a popup it would be insanely easy to install malware without the user knowing
You even get that popup on windows when installing something.
The only thing I see a problem with is that something like fdroid can’t be installed from the play store