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Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading (9to5mac.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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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[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

but even then, Android at least allows for two separate profiles.

I think Apple supports work profiles as well, but I might be wrong.

But anyways, I didn't enroll, I didn't have to. The only work stuff I use it for, is a few apps. They have no control over how I use my device, and they wouldn't notice anything if I rooted it. Still though, it's nice not to break warranty, etc