Hopefully the court was clever enought to specify that the side loading must not be more difficult than installing via the store. Apple will for sure make it as complicated and user hostile as possible so they fulfill the ruling without having any practical impact.
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Technically, sideloading is possible already, but you need a developer account, you're limited to 3 sideloaded apps at a time, and you have to renew them every week.
So the more difficult way already exists.
There are ways without the dev account (faked certificate), but if you use a VPN, or update your Os, apple will blacklist your device. And you also need to have some very specific DNS settings blocking a bunch of apple domains. @avieshek@lemmy.world is an expert.
Thanks, good to know.
Here’s a link to the Guide: https://is.gd/sideloading
I focus on free methods hence a bunch of things one needs to read through first like revokes in order to avoid them. Even if you go with the paid route, there are services that allow you to gain a certificate for much less as they distribute the price of one developer account to multiple users which is in the form of a private cert. The tutorial is supposed to guide you through the usage of enterprise certificates instead as it allows to sideload for free.
I do moderate this community for announcements & discussions: !sideloading@lemmy.world
This will not fly here. It' will be considered "bad faith" and will incur in penalties.
They'll probably try tho, CADE will protest and the judge will make an adjustment to the rulling.
Any similarities to Windows Explorer are unintentional and of course too retro to be ironic
Like in EU..
Ok, but what about game consoles? I don’t like how Nintendo is abusing their dominant position in the software distribution for the Switch.
- Game consoles don't have a duopoly
- You gotta start somewhere
Look at Sony’s position. They are still selling the Ps5 despite it having no games.
Yeah, i went Steam in stead, Nintendo makes my skin crawl with disgust.
Steam Decks are legit the best console on the market.
I wonder if they will implement the same malicious compliance as they did in the EU with the junk core technology fees and notarization requirements.
They don't even have to do that anymore. They can just whisper in trump's ear..... "go on... tariff them, kek".
You hear that? It’s the sound of Tim Apple’s erection growing.
Nice!
I’ve beeen an Apple user long enough to remember when “sideloading” was called “installing software.”
Enshittification is subtle and started long before we realized. Weird nerds who wanted power over skill corrupted the internet back in the late 90s.
Sideloading (is supposed to) mean just transferring files between local devices, as in, you aren't uploading or downloading them, you are going sideways. E.g you download a song to your pc, then sideload it to your mp3 player.
That's also where it comes to installing phone apps, as you transfer the app file to the phone yourself. Being "outside" or "going around" the official method just happens to be another way to interpret the meaning of "side" in the word.
Enshittification is subtle and started long before we realized.
No it didn't , lot of folks have been banging on about it for decades.
Like privacy, most peole dont give a shit until it's too late and then say but no body said anything.
I've been screaming into the void from the mid '90s.
Man. I miss the FOSS Ios scene. I can’t believe that used to exist. Now it’s just a couple straggler apps and sideloading is a massive pain in the arse and jailbreaking is pretty much impossible.
There were many other weird nerds, creations of which I love finding available to me thanks to the Internet. Let's not paint all with one brush.
I especially feel hurt over "power vs skill" comparison - my skill is mostly lacking, and I do love the power to communicate to everyone connected to the Internet using universal protocols and plethora of software that can operate over them.
I have found one thing I feel is unsolved, and my skill is impeding me at solving it, but what if I did solve it - who would use it? One man can't make a radical change, and small steps would have already led us there if the humanity needed that.
Brazil is really doing something together with the EU. Maybe the two should cooperate more.
And US inaction here actually stifles the kind of capitalistic competition
Like this?
Yes! Exciting news!
Making Mercosur more valuable is a good thing for South America itself in the sense that it keeps countries from doing radical movements. For example, Venezuela was suspended from it because of their violation of human rights.
Brazil gonna be new US, lol
In which areas? These news is certinatly not in that direction.
Like replacing US as one of the biggest trading partner of EU because you can trust Brazil government more than US government, and it is nearly on the same continent as US.
Not thought through, just a funny thought written down
Sorry that it has confused you