this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2024
187 points (96.1% liked)

Technology

59087 readers
4280 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
187
Apple refuses to relax its iron grip on iPhones in Europe (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Apple refuses to relax its iron grip on iPhones in Europe::As its walled garden crumbles, Apple grudgingly allows EU users to sideload applications. Will regulators take stiffer action, and what about the US?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] hemmes@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying it can't, but the attack surface is significantly reduced.

[โ€“] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I disagree. If anything Apple failing to detect new kind of malware and approving malicious application is easier route. Simply because people see the description and trust the source infinitely and click install.