<story><title>Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app</title><url>https://twitter.com/hkmaplive/status/1180137132842610688</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Zak</author><text>As a long-time desktop Linux user, I don&amp;#x27;t quite agree with this. The default for me long before iOS existed was to install software from my distribution&amp;#x27;s repository. Sideloading software not included in the repository was often a technically onerous process, to be repeated manually in case of updates. I had pity for users of Mac OS and Windows who had no access to such convenience.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think having a managed system for installing software is a bad thing at all, though I&amp;#x27;m disappointed the big ones don&amp;#x27;t support third-party repositories. I do think there should always be an option to do it manually.</text></item><item><author>superkuh</author><text>The fact that the word &amp;#x27;side-load&amp;#x27; exists and is used with a straight face is part of the problem. Installing applications yourself is the default. It&amp;#x27;s all these walled gardens that are weird.</text></item><item><author>burtonator</author><text>The fact that we can&amp;#x27;t side-load apps is a tragedy.  Any anti-trust investigation into Apple + Google should discuss this it&amp;#x27;s highly anti-competitive.&lt;p&gt;I get that they want a sanitary app store but if I go to myapp.com I should be able to side load.&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice to side-load from phone to phone in situations like this so that apps can&amp;#x27;t be blocked by governments like China.&lt;p&gt;If the apps just verified keys that would be enough so that you know you&amp;#x27;re installing the app from the right developer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>koolba</author><text>The &lt;i&gt;huge&lt;/i&gt; difference is that you can update or add package repos to get the best of all worlds.&lt;p&gt;Load whatever you want, from wherever you trust, whenever you want.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app</title><url>https://twitter.com/hkmaplive/status/1180137132842610688</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Zak</author><text>As a long-time desktop Linux user, I don&amp;#x27;t quite agree with this. The default for me long before iOS existed was to install software from my distribution&amp;#x27;s repository. Sideloading software not included in the repository was often a technically onerous process, to be repeated manually in case of updates. I had pity for users of Mac OS and Windows who had no access to such convenience.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think having a managed system for installing software is a bad thing at all, though I&amp;#x27;m disappointed the big ones don&amp;#x27;t support third-party repositories. I do think there should always be an option to do it manually.</text></item><item><author>superkuh</author><text>The fact that the word &amp;#x27;side-load&amp;#x27; exists and is used with a straight face is part of the problem. Installing applications yourself is the default. It&amp;#x27;s all these walled gardens that are weird.</text></item><item><author>burtonator</author><text>The fact that we can&amp;#x27;t side-load apps is a tragedy.  Any anti-trust investigation into Apple + Google should discuss this it&amp;#x27;s highly anti-competitive.&lt;p&gt;I get that they want a sanitary app store but if I go to myapp.com I should be able to side load.&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice to side-load from phone to phone in situations like this so that apps can&amp;#x27;t be blocked by governments like China.&lt;p&gt;If the apps just verified keys that would be enough so that you know you&amp;#x27;re installing the app from the right developer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kop316</author><text>However, the repository was for convenience. Nothing stops you from adding a new repository to install new apps. You simple have no choice with iOS on that front.</text></comment>