Apple warns allowing app sideloading would ‘cripple’ security measures

Critics have argued that the walled garden approach effectively makes Apple a gatekeeper (PA)

Allowing users to download apps onto their iPhone from unofficial sources outside of the Apple App Store would “cripple” privacy and security measures, the tech giant has claimed.

In a new report defending its so-called “walled garden” approach which only allows approved apps onto the App Store and therefore onto an iPhone, Apple said allowing apps from other sources and third-party app stores onto the device – a process known as sideloading – would “expose users to serious security risks”.