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

  • @uisEnglish
    -2•1 year ago

    Google phones have much better customizability and as result have better privacy than glass paperweight you mentioned.

    I’m on five years with mine. Still gets updates too!

    Nexus 6 still gets updates 10 years later.

    Still they are not as good as Linux-first phones like PPP.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      You need to be running a custom rom to get better privacy than iOS. Stock android is full of Google spyware.

      • @uisEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        PinePhone Pro. The one on Rockchip instead of Allwinner.

    • @[email protected]English
      0•1 year ago

      Yeah okay. Still don’t wanna deal with that shit.

      Quick edit: does that phone perform like my iPhone?

      no