iPhone app sideloading: Apple reportedly plans to charge fees and review apps downloaded outside of the App Store - 9to5Mac
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Apple will soon announce policy changes to conform to the Digital Markets Act in Europe, with an impending implementation deadline...

Who would’ve thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU.

Article 5.3 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA): “The gatekeeper shall not prevent business users from offering the same products or services to end users through third-party online intermediation services or through their own direct online sales channel at prices or conditions that are different from those offered through the online intermediation services of the gatekeeper.”

Friendly reminder that you can sideload apps without jailbreaking or paying for a dev account using TrollStore, which utilises core trust bugs to bypass/spoof some app validation keys, on a iPhone XR or newer on iOS 14.0 up to 16.6.1. (ANY version for iPhone X and older)

Install guide: Trollstore

      • Capitao_Duarte@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Honestly? Nothing. People just say this kind of thing because we like to tinker with our devices. If what you bought satisfies your needs and you don’t need more, that’s just ok. Android/windows/linux has a lot more conveniences for my use, so that’s what I go for, but not everyone is the same

        • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Android/windows/linux has a lot more conveniences for my use

          That’s kind of my point. I don’t get the aggression people have for someone using different brand.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Come back when you have a problem with your keyboard*, or your drive, or charging issue. Repairability is downright bad now.

        I like OSX well enough.* I like the form factor of the MacBooks now that they have escape keys again. It’s been 9 years since they made a MacBook that was reasonably decent to work on from the inside though. Even swapping a broken screen out is* like 3 hours now.

    • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Exactly my thoughts. “Let’s jailbreak this, bypass that, circumvent that one thing…” Why do you subject yourself to this with a device you paid hundreds of dollars for?

      As much as I’d like to have an iPhone, I’d rather not.

      As an aside, it’s the same thing with game consoles. Is the whole “you must be connected to the internet” thing still happening? That’s what has been preventing me from getting a new xbox, for example.

      • SeekPie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Steam Deck is pretty awesome in the offline gaming regard, if that’s what you might be looking for.

      • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I remember way back when I had my iPod Touch 4 (haven’t touched Apple since then) that I (intentionally) jailbroke it simply by tapping a button on a website in Safari. It was an exploit that used a bug in iOS’s PDF software, I believe.

    • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      but apple sets “standards” that other companies blindly follow. it’s the reason why we have non-removable batteries, no charger inside the box, no audio jack, etc.