> On systems before apple's locked-down iphone, it was just called "installing".
If the phone people could make a solid permissions system, this wouldn't be a problem. Applications should by default be able to read their own install files, and have dedicated directories for their local storage, caches, and such.
They can make network connections to their home site, if the user allows it. That's all they get.
That would cover almost every app that doesn't need camera, microphone, or GPS access to work. GPS access infuriates me, because so many lazy developers either don't allow the app to run without it, or never test it, so searching by zip code never works.
If the phone people could make a solid permissions system, this wouldn't be a problem. Applications should by default be able to read their own install files, and have dedicated directories for their local storage, caches, and such. They can make network connections to their home site, if the user allows it. That's all they get.
This covers most games. What else does it cover?