Apple‘s Tim Cook: Sideloading is “not in the best interests of the user”

Further ReadingApple pulls the plug on user-found method to sideload iOS apps on MacApple has been under a mountain of scrutiny lately from legislators, developers, judges, and users. Amidst all that, CEO Tim Cook sat with publication Brut. to discuss Apple's strategy and policies. The short but wide-ranging interview offered some insight into where Apple plans to go in the future.

As is so common when Tim Cook speaks publicly, privacy was a major focus. His response to a question about its importance was the same one we've heard from him many times: "we see it as a basic human right, a fundamental human right." Noting Apple has been focused on privacy for a long time. Advertisement

You can think of a world where privacy is not important, and the surveillance economy takes over and it becomes a world where everyone is worried that somebody else is watching them, and so they begin to do less, they begin to think less, and nobody wants to live in a world where that freedom of expression narrows.

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