[davidjade]

Why can’t I recommend a device to my elderly parents where I don’t have to worry about social media apps that trick them into installing apps from outside Apple’s App Store? Apps which are then free to ignore Apple’s guidelines and policies and other anti-deceptive policies?

Apple’s App Store review may not be perfect but Apple trying to police apps to make them adhere to some guidelines is better than nothing.

Remember with Facebook pushed a sneaky VPN as part of their iOS app so they could better track users?

[yowzadave]

> social media apps that trick them into installing apps from outside Apple’s App Store

Apple could make this against the terms of service for App Store apps, and ban any apps that violate them. If the sideloading option exists, then Apple should be free to regulate the behavior of in-App Store behavior more strictly.

[leereeves]

You can't trust Apple to protect your elderly parents from being tricked. There are so many stories of people (even children) who unknowingly spent thousands of dollars on the App Store and in app purchases.

Compared to that, a Facebook app with better tracking is trivial.