Apple presses US lawmakers on dangers of ‘sideloading’ apps allowed by bill


Congress is currently considering a bill aimed at reining in app stores run by Apple and Alphabet’s Google, which would require companies to allow sideloading. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Smartphone maker Apple has written to US lawmakers to dispute assertions that its concerns about the dangers of sideloading apps into phones were overblown.

Sideloading, the practice of downloading apps without using an app store, is among the reforms that lawmakers hope will open up the market for apps.

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