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Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading (9to5mac.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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

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[-] Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 years ago

It's hard to imagine people who buy iPhones care about sideloading. Their priority is the convenience of iMessage and the Apple ecosystem.

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[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Sorry, can't be bothered with whatever issue this is.

I'm busy shopping for a North Face tent so I'll have it to camp in the next time a new ear pod case gets released.

[-] White_Flight@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

And Apples file system sucks

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

What? APFS is fantastic. That’s not really disputed.

[-] jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

Its restricted af, some people in my class don't even know what a folder is because of their iPhones (gen z for context)

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

The file system has nothing to do with folders not being as accessible in the UI as in the past.

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 12 points 2 years ago

Did Tim Cook have a bad trip or something? Apple normally isn’t this blatantly shitty.

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[-] perpetually_fried@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I can’t wait to use AI to scam the elderly into side loading bitcoin miners.

[-] _Sprite@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

scam influencers with lambos

[-] uis@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

EU, I belive in you!

[-] uriel238 9 points 2 years ago

I suppose they can charge to use their own side-loading software, or their alternative app store, but I'm not sure what happens if a third party offers a side-loading platform that doesn't pay Apple.

I suppose they can just refuse to allow such platforms to exist, but the EU may not feels that satisfies their grievances. Eventually they're going to have to require side-loading.

[-] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

shocked pikachu face

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