Apple

Get ready for the Genius Bar to erase your devices and say “you wanted us to fix this 3rd party mess you created for yourself? Here, we fixed it”

Wow! Such an unbiased view :O /s

All apple has to do is to not charge so much for subscriptions to the point where you need to subscribe from a computer to avoid taxes and this wouldn't have happened

Regulate your greed or UE is coming from you

Let the users do whatever they want with THEIR device!

Nope. Sticking with Apple Store for apps. I have never had a break-in on my iPhone and I plan to keep it that way.

Still don't understand with those mentality that hates anything that against Apple's decision. Like, what's wrong with having more option? Mac already has this for decades and is that becomes a disaster I don't think so?

"BuT hoW aBouT tHoSe tEcH iLLiTeRaTe pEoPLe" you, as someone who understands tech, should teach them, to not install anything outside App Store. It ain't that hard. It's not my fault if you're too lazy to do that.

And finally, this side loading can gives me much more positive impact. First, no more Safari-based 3rd part browser. I can finally install a real Chrome that based on Blink, or a real Firefox that based on Gecko. Second, I can install some older games/apps that's no longer available on App Store (literally also some advantage of having a Windows device/Android, you can run old apps on it). And last, emulators, baby! Can wait to use my iPad Mini as some Switch or PS3 emulator. Don't forget about FOSS too, but I won't mention it here.

What are you waiting for? Piracy? Hahaha but no, that's not the main reason why we loves side loading.

Then don’t do it. Oh wait.

What if I buy a subscription outside of the app store like on a windows laptop from apps website or something will they still charge me more if I the download the app on an iPhone and sign into my account?

Maybe apple won't allow using it's icloud backups in sideloaded apps. Like if you play games maybe your progess would be saved to icloud and apple may not allow that to be used in sideloaded apps.

I don’t want side loading on my iPhone. If I wanted that I would just use android. Why the insistence on making iOS and android identical?

With our phones being used for identity purposes and containing a good amount of very personal data, the idea of downloading third-party apps that haven't even been reviewed by Apple will be a turn-off for many.

Whether this concern is technically justified or not, it will be there.

I also think of the "nutrition" label that developers have to fill in the App Store. If you grab apps from their own environments, will they return to tracking everything they can without disclosure?

Hand on heart, even if the option to side load apps goes worldwide, I’m likely gonna stick with the App Store versions. I get daily spam emails and phone calls, I dont need another thing posing even more of a security risk and exposing my data to even more companies — thanks.