| ▲ | 71bw 5 days ago |
| > like what we do on OSX. ...which is so much of a complicated nuisance that most people simply give up. If this will go the way I think it will prepare to have to skip 10 things, write 3 ADB commands and submit a video of you spinning around for 30 seconds just to install your pirated game. |
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| ▲ | subscribed 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Just to install a proper call recorder or a better Work Profile manager. Turning a possibility to install software outside of the app store should be about as normal as the fact you're using a laptop or desktop to install your pirated games. Yeah, you. If someone having access to "side load" an app has it to install a pirated game, then you have your OS, where you are not limited only to Apple/Amazon/Google store, simply for installing pirated software. QED :) |
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| ▲ | Terretta 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > so much of a complicated nuisance that most people simply give up Most people should give up. The number of legitimate unsigned apps for MacOS that your grandparents should frictionlessly one-click-to-install is essentially nil. Meanwhile, they're receiving countless bullying demands a day to install keyloggers and drain their bank accounts. The threat model tradeoffs are clear. |
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| ▲ | bigyabai 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | The threat model doesn't work. It depends on Apple doing their job, and even $99/year doesn't prevent Apple from signing a Trojan horse of your competitor: https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/warning-fraudulent-app-imper... You want to talk about confusing Grandma? Why isn't Lastpass the first entry on the App Store when you search for it verbatim? At the going rate, installing signed software is more deceptive than searching for the official installer online. | | |
| ▲ | vee-kay 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Not sure if anyone should be installing Lastpass. It's been massively hacked in 2022 and 2024, and there's currently an ongoing attack (Jan 2026). | | |
| ▲ | jacquesm 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | That's true but does not detract from the GPs main point: if you are curating your app store then you should do a proper job of it or you lose the curation argument. |
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| ▲ | fc417fc802 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | A single scary warning per source (ie per new certificate that you choose to trust) would be fine. If I had to jump through a few hoops to install f-droid on a stock device that would be fine. But once I've authorized f-droid the OS needs to shut up and stay out of the way for good. No "are you sure you want f-droid installing this other thing" nonsense. | |
| ▲ | Der_Einzige 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | This is the human death drive externalized into thought. Reject it in all of its instances with extreme prejudice. |
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