Speaking at the IAPP conference (Global Privacy Summit) held in Washington DC, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the recent rapid increase in the issue of allowing external installation of applications on iPhones. He stated that the regulations that put pressure on him pose a great threat.
Cook did not directly target a legislation / regulation by giving a tacit speech. Talking about Apple’s work on privacy, he got into the subject and said that efforts to make mandatory changes in the App Store will negatively affect privacy and security.
Tim Cook: The Digital Markets Act for iPhone poses a threat!
All you need to install external applications on Android phones is to have the APK file of that application or game. However, since the first day of its release on iPhones, it has not been possible to sideload applications. Apple keeps its rules very strictly in this regard and even throws applications that violate the App Store rules from the store without looking at it.
In recent years, some politicians have argued that Apple does not limit users to the App Store, but allows external application installation. taking drastic steps. The European Union recently passed the Digital Markets Act, which forces Apple and other tech giants’ messaging services to work with smaller platforms.
In this context, major messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage are required to have an interoperable platform. In addition, pressure continues to allow the installation of applications without the need for the App Store.
Tim Cook stated that they never took kindly to this, and that if they allowed this, “Data hungry companies” could violate both hardware security and user privacy by installing applications on iPhones and iPads with the sideload method.
Pointing out that Apple believes in competition and wants to encourage it, but that privacy is one of its top priorities, Cook also drew attention to Apple’s efforts. Specifically, he stated that the iPhone automatically encrypts personal data and data stored in iCloud, which is also end-to-end encrypted.
Apple does not accept such demands of both the European Union and the USA, but what kind of picture will we face as a result of legal regulations? Together we will see…
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