Watch Tim Cook's Latest Attempt To Justify No Sideloading On iPhone

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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook showed up at the IAPP conference in D.C. to spin privacy concerns and justify the company’s strong stance against sideloading apps on iPhone. In contrast, Android users have been sideloading apps for years. With just a couple of clicks, Android users can go outside the Google Play Store and make their own decision on what site to trust when downloading an app.

Apple fights against sideloading by claiming it will destroy the security of iPhone. The company’s extreme policy has stirred controversy and landed in courts, even reaching the U.S. Supreme Court for monopolizing the market. From the Epic-Fortnite case to companies censoring content to remain on the store and blacklisted apps, the App Store has its fair share of problems.

Related: Apple's App Store Has A Serious Problem

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook used the stage at the IAPP Summit 2022 to attack sideloading. Painting a rather bleak and ominous picture, the CEO presented a villain-hero story, where evil characters were played by the “data industrial complex,” companies out to rob people of their data. The hero in this story was Apple’s tight App Store policies that “keep users safe” by preventing them from downloading apps that the company does not approve. The full speech is available to watch via the IAPP's YouTube channel.

As reported by TechCrunch, Cook avoided mentioning the push in the U.S. and Europe to force Apple to open up sideloading. The Open App Markets Act of the U.S. Senate and the European Union’s Digital Markets Act are expected to legally enforce the ability to sideload this year. Tim Cook sandwiched his support for the way the App Store exerts control with passionate opening and closing statements. Cook called privacy “the most