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by Razengan 1154 days ago
And this is why the most clamor for sideloading etc on iOS is from other companies, not users: They would love to fleece the users with as few interventions in between as possible.
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Sideloading would absolutely benefit users. Even just being able to choose and install your own web browser would have enormous benefits. Android users know.
See, this right here: it's almost always someone speaking for others.
Sure, not everybody is going to share my opinion, and many if not most iPhone users aren't informed enough on the matter to even have an opinion.

My mom doesn't even know the word sideloading, but it doesn't mean she wouldn't benefit from being given actual ownership of her device.

Plenty of users just want to be able to buy some particular thing that Apple doesn't like for whatever reason.