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Most of these steps apply to installing an Android app from an Untrusted SourceTM for the first time. Half of these steps are fluff added for the sake of a clickable title.

There are problems with Apple's proposal. This is not one of them, and I don't think it's fair to come to the right conclusion for the wrong reasons.

I dislike this post a lot. I'm not sure what else to say.

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>There are problems with Apple's proposal. This is not one of them,

There could be many problems. Who decides that "installing an app from a website should be as easy as from the App Store, but is not" isn't one of them?

> Most of these steps apply to installing an Android app from an Untrusted SourceTM for the first time.

That's also a real issue on Android yes.

exactly, android pulling the same strategy of creating artificial annoyances is hardly a good argument. they should both be forced to cut it out. any warnings should be reduced to a reasonable minimum, anything that goes beyond that is suspicious.

it's really not any more of an issue than adding a third party repository. the step is adding it, oh wow.

But to have an option to provide app installation from the web you have to get an entitlement from Apple and be at least two years in good standing yada yada. Is it still Untrusted Source at that point?

> I'm not sure what else to say.

You could say how many clicks it takes to install an app from the web in the best case.

I thought about taking a shot at it but I thought it'd seem childish. My impression is:

1. Visit the website

2. Hit "Install"

3. There's some confirmation screen apparently, press "Install" again

4. Verify your password/Face ID

And that's it.

That's what the Twitter link describes, minus the first-time setup of allowing third-party apps (which as I said in GP, is rightly a thing on Android too), and absurd steps like "wonder where you were" and "swipe on your home screen".

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