Apple VP Craig Federighi used his 10-minute presentation at the Web Summit 2021 to slam sideloading as „a cybercriminal’s best friend.“
It’s no secret that Apple isn’t a fan of sideloading. Amid several regulatory battles over Apple’s locked-down App Store-centric system, the company has defended the iPhone’s security as an advantage rather than a detriment. At Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday, Apple VP of software engineering Craig Federighi used his time to defend the iPhone against sideloading. Framing around a defense against the proposed Digital Markets Act legislation, which would give developers “new opportunities to compete and innovate in the online platform environment without having to comply with unfair terms and conditions limiting their development,” a.k.a. force Apple to allow sideloading.
