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

  • Capitao_Duarte@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    272·
    10 months ago

    Honestly? Nothing. People just say this kind of thing because we like to tinker with our devices. If what you bought satisfies your needs and you don’t need more, that’s just ok. Android/windows/linux has a lot more conveniences for my use, so that’s what I go for, but not everyone is the same

    • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
      102·
      10 months 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.

      • mako@lemmy.todayEnglish
        141·
        10 months ago

        I don’t get the aggression people have for someone using different brand.

        People identify the business decisions that Apple makes to be anti-consumer. They then feel frustration and anger for users of Apple products as support for their products only emboldens Apple to continue making anti-consumer decisions, such as the subject of this article.

        Apple is a microcosm representation of the evils of capitalism for many people and they project their feelings about it - powerlessness, disgust, anger, etc. - onto users of Apple products. People associate support for iPhones which enjoys a 61% US market share as support for the boot of capitalism on our throats regardless of whether the Apple user doesn’t know, doesn’t care, or doesn’t agree.

        • SeekPie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          10 months 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·
            10 months 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 DotEnglish
          5·
          10 months 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.

          • mako@lemmy.todayEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Agreed. This is what I was implying by citing their OS market share in mobile devices in the US and I could have clarified better.

            • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

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

              • mako@lemmy.todayEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                I don’t know if you understand the point. I and other users have tried to help. If you have any more specific questions, just ask.

                • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
                  21·
                  10 months 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·
          10 months ago

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

          • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            5·
            10 months 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·
              10 months 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·
                10 months 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·
                10 months 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.