In order to comply with the EU's Digital Market Act, AppleThe sideloading function has been opened for EU users on the iOS 17.4 beta version.Apple allows developers to create third-party app stores, and third-party apps can complete mobile payments through NFC without using ApplePay.
It is worth noting thatApple has strictly restricted the sideloading function, making it difficult for non-EU users to experience the sideloading function.
Developers discovered through iOS code that Apple would check the user's AppleID billing address, the user's current location (for privacy reasons, Apple will only obtain the user's country or region rather than precise location information), the current region set in iOS settings, device model, etc.
In other words, even if the user changes the Apple ID region, he still needs to deceive the iPhone or iPad's positioning system to enable the sideloading function.Otherwise, only one of the conditions is met and sideloading cannot be achieved.
Regarding sideloading, although Apple has relaxed, it is only in the EU, which shows that Apple does not want to open this feature.
Apple CEO Cook once said that if you want to sideload, you can buy an Android phone.