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

  • @[email protected]English
    4•5 months ago

    I’m so glad I’m not using Apple, so I can avoid this mess. Not that Android is perfect, in fact Android is pretty shit as well. But at least it’s better than getting locked into Apples ecosystem

    • @[email protected]English
      1•5 months ago

      I will never switch to iOS until they allow both sideloading and other browser engines.

      I hate that I buy my phone from a shitty advertising company like Google but atleast they don’t treat me like a child and let me use my universal turing machine universally.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•5 months ago

        Support small refurbishing shops online and buy your phone used from them, and put Linux or another Android fork such as Calyxos or Graphene on them. Works great for me.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•5 months ago

        Saw an article just today about Apple allowing other browser renserinenfijes wtf autocorrect, I typed engines, but only in the EU.

        OK, so how do I make iOS think it’s in the EU then?

      • @[email protected]English
        0•5 months ago

        but atleast they don’t treat me like a child

        They do. They don’t give you root access out of the box. And if you decide to root it, you’ll pop a physical fuse

        • @[email protected]English
          0•5 months ago

          i have unlocked bootloader of every single smartphone I’ve ever had, ranging from Xiaomi, Samsung, Motorola to Google.

          pixels are the easiest to unlock. there are several mediocre things about pixels(battery life, refresh rate, etc.). but unlocking bootloader isn’t one of them.

          • @[email protected]English
            0•5 months ago

            i have unlocked bootloader of every single smartphone I’ve ever had, ranging from Xiaomi, Samsung, Motorola to Google.

            I didn’t say it was hard, and I’ve done it myself, but try do that on your work phone

            • @[email protected]English
              0•5 months ago

              why the hell would you root a device supplied to you by your employer? It’s not yours.

              • @[email protected]English
                0•5 months ago

                why the hell would you root a device supplied to you by your employer? It’s not yours.

                I don’t, and that’s my whole point. It’s way more locked down than a PC operating system. It’s also mine in the sense, that it is intended to be used for personal stuff, which I do use it for.

                • @[email protected]English
                  1•5 months ago

                  I steer clear of doing anything personal with work related devices. but even then, Android at least allows for two separate profiles.