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

  • makoEnglish
    141·
    11 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·
      11 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·
        11 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 Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      11 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.

      • makoEnglish
        2·
        11 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.

      • makoEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        If labeling it helps you to understand it, sure.

        • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

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

          • makoEnglish
            1·
            11 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·
              11 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.