Should you care about sideloading for app stores? And how will it impact Apple, you, and the European market?
  • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I wonder how this will work where apple controls the OS and sort of controls the Dev tools.

    The gatekeeper shall not be prevented from taking proportionate measures to ensure that third party software applications or software application stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system provided by the gatekeeper;

    To me that sounds like they won’t have to offer root access to users, which is no suprise, but will they be able to continue to require certification of apps, even if they’re sold on other stores?

    I’ve only just skimmed the legislation so far.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Root is absolutely not required, you’re correct. But I don’t believe they would need to certify apps, since that kinda defeats one of the purposes.

      This isn’t just “people should be able to not pay Apple a fee” it’s also “Apple has unreasonable control of the ecosystem and that is bad.” The moment Apple is allowed to just turn down whatever they don’t want on other stores, that second point is back in place.

      Not to mention, Apple would be certifying apps either for free, or charging developers for that certification. Neither of which follows the spirit of the legislation.

  • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Clickbait, still just rumours and speculation.

    I mean, I agree with the rumours and speculation, but that doesn’t make it any more confirmed.

    • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Someone found some code that referenced geo-blocking features. So if you are physically in Europe, then it should work and when you are outside of Europe then it wouldn’t.

      I’m not sure if they plan to use the os with way, but maybe they will.

      Maybe turning on a vpn will do the trick.

      I’m guessing that they will lock it to Europe for some time, but in the next iOS update roll it out world wide as they see the writing on the wall.

      But Apple always seems to find a way to disappoint.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          10 months ago

          How are you getting an Internet connection in which to download, if you’re in a Faraday cage?

          • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            10 months ago

            A faraday cage doesn’t neutralize all wireless communication in its area, just from passing through its walls. Meaning that any network hardware within the cage would work just fine. You could even just slip the antenna in and leave the rest of the unit outside if the cage isn’t large enough.

      • fhek@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It’s likely to be based on your iOS account.

        In order to use the EU store, your account just needs an EU address & credit card on file.

        I say this because I have a coworker who came from Ukraine and today he asked me how to find the Tim Hortons app on the app store. His phone was still loading the EU store so there was no app found.

        Once he changed his apple account address to Canada and added his Canadian card, he had access to the NA store.

        • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          10 months ago

          This policy is so frustrating for me.

          I’m from the US but live in another country.

          There are so many apps that are only available in one country or another so I effectively have two phones just so I can access all my banking apps and some streaming stuff.

          • anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.caEnglish
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            10 months ago

            You can create another Apple ID in the country you need. I am a Canadian in the US and couldn’t change the country of my Apple ID because I have active subscriptions (another idiotic limitation) I created a second ID with a US address and CC. Downloaded US-only apps just fine and didn’t lose my Canada-only ones either.

      • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        10 months ago

        There’s hardware we don’t know how to write free software for, because they won’t tell us how to use the hardware. That’s shocking. They want to sell you the product and they won’t tell you how to use it. They say “Here’s a non-free [proprietary] program you can use. Run it and shut up.”

        Some time ago this was only about the peripetials and drivers, now this is about all phones, tablets and smart things…