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Apple will require notarization for apps from third party app stores, and will disable updates for apps installed via third party app stores if staying outside EU (support.apple.com)

submitted 8 months ago by brie@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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As far as I can tell this basically means that all apps must be approved by Apple to follow their "platform policies for security and privacy" even if publishing on a third party app store. They will also disable updating apps from third party app stores if you stay outside the EU for too long (even if you are a citizen of an EU country, with an Apple account set to the EU region).

The idea that preventing app updates is in line with their claims of protecting security is utterly absurd. "Never attibute to malice what can be explained with stupidity," but Apple isn't stupid.

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[–] derbis@beehaw.org 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Hate that phrase. Great way to excuse malice.

[–] arlaerion@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There is an 'adequately' missing. It somewhat counters the excuse of malice.

If you can't adequately attribute it to stupidity it has to be malice (or at least negligence).

[–] brie@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that's the more thorough version. My interpretation of the quote was to first search for stupidity, if only to confirm it is not in fact stupidity (but malice).

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 7 points 8 months ago

A lot of people don't like to think about just how much malice is involved in everyday life.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Not so much, it's more about how desperately stupid people (and companies) can be