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

  • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
    112·
    2 years ago

    Android/windows/linux has a lot more conveniences for my use

    That’s kind of my point. I don’t get the aggression people have for someone using different brand.

      • SeekPie@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
        16·
        2 years ago

        Also Apple’s anti-consumer decisions usually transfer to other places (such as Android) aswell, because they have a lot of influence on the rest of the market.

        • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Pretty much this. If other brands see the vitriol, then they might think “well, guess not being that way is a way to be competitive”.

          If everyone sounds perfectly cool with that facet, then everyone else goes “sweet, the Apple way gives the vendor more control over the customer, and control over the customer is valued, if we think we can get away with it”

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        If it just remains Apple who did it i wouldn’t mind but there they are a bit of a product leader.

        Off forging the way ahead for under consumer BS everywhere.

          • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I just wanted to clarify if I understood the point correctly, labeling just shortens the answer.

              • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
                21·
                2 years ago

                That’s why I summarized and asked if that’s the case. The hypothesis from the person I replied to, seemed to be that it’s due to people believing there is some moral obligation in consumer choice and it extending to apple making questionable, consumer unfriednly decision, therefore they can be mad and rude towards people buying apple products. I can get it.

      • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
        33·
        2 years ago

        Sure, but tribalism with a brand is just beyond my understanding (hyperbole), - it’s so stupid.

        • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          Apple influence the market a lot. So paid side-loading can propagate to other companies if Apple can pull it off.

          • Capitao_Duarte@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
            51·
            2 years ago

            For sure! An amount of “hate” for apple, or any company for that matter, is totally ok. Sometimes they make decisions that screw consumers just for a buck more. No reason to hate on users, tho. That’s the same as saying anyone who uses a gas vehicle to go from one place to another is in favor of global warming

            • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              I kinda disagree with the comparison, but I agree that it is dumb the blame the users.

              However, from a certain perspective, users enable companies. So some people hate the users for that. And some other people just have a bad case of tribalism.

            • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              3·
              2 years ago

              I am not personally hating on the apple users, but considering that people continue to buy Apple products even after these anti-consumer practices, then some people consider that the users enable the company.

              So I can see where that is coming from. And some people are just tribal idiots.