Apple says third-party app stores would open iPhones to scammers

The company said June 23 on its website that requiring apps to be downloaded from the App Store protects consumers against scams, keeps their privacy secure and provides developers payment for their work. All those benefits could disappear if apps can be downloaded from third-party app stores with lesser protections or users get an app from a website or PC and “sideload” it onto the phone.

“It shall be unlawful for a person operating a covered platform, in or affecting commerce, to restrict or impede the capacity of a business user to access or interoperate with the same platform, operating system, hardware and software features that are available to the covered platform operator’s own products, services, or lines of business,” according to an early copy of the bill.

Mobile applications are a US$142bil market with the App Store, by some estimates, taking in more than US$20bil a year for Apple with a profit margin north of 75%. The company said sideloading and downloads from third-party app stores would wipe out years of privacy features baked into Apple’s mobile operating system and make it more like Google’s Android system, creating fewer smartphone alternatives for consumers. The company said sideloading would “blunt the growth of the app economy, harming both users and developers” as consumers worried about privacy are likely to download fewer apps.

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