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

    • Herr Woland@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      They have great build quality and software, it’s a shame Apple has some terrible policies about their ecosystem and repairabilty of their devices, wasting the hard work of so many if their brilliant engineers by being greedy.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I know Apple hate party in here but as a person with a bunch of self built PCs couple Linux boxes…

      iPhones are great. No messing around, way more private than stock Google, and they work for… well, I’m on five years with mine. Still gets updates too!

      • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        10 months 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.

      • Jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
        01·
        10 months ago

        If you have the money for an iPhone and consider privacy as important, why not go with a Pixel/GrapheneOS or another phone with Lineage/Divest?

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Someone downvoted you INSTANTLY, that’s fucked up.

          I choose iOS because it requires zero messing about. I use like no apps on my phone and want it to just be fast forever with no work. I don’t want to have to think about it at all.

        • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Here is my problem with a nonstandard operating system on a phone.

          A rely on it to run my very small business. I don’t want to get blocked by an app I rely on or suddenly have it stop working due to running an unofficial operating system.

          So it’s either stock Android or stock iOS. iOS I’d say is more private than Android, so I stick with them.

          • Jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
            0·
            10 months ago

            I don’t see how google would block something unless you are rooted. Custom os’es pass all the security checks besides the os integrity one that doesn’t affect your daily use.

            • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              No they don’t, at least not necessarily. I had the xiaomi.eu ROM on my old phone and it broke SafetyN*t checks, and as a consequence at the very least one of my banking apps refused to work (this one I actually need to verify credit card charges in some cases, it’s not just a nice to have unfortunately).

              I probably would have been better off rooting it since then you can bypass it I think, but I didn’t want to have to reapply root after every update.