iOS supports VPN out of the gate. Apps just make it easier to configure. Please don’t spew divisive misinformation, regardless if this is ignorant to the facts or otherwise.
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moon@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
This is why you don’t buy into closed-garden ecosystems like this. If you’re on iOS, there’s nothing you can do about it, you’re at their mercy. Android has great support for side loading. There’s really only one choice if you care about freedom.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 3 days ago
moon@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
Where did you read that I said iOS doesn’t support adding VPNs?
My message is clearly talking about side loading. Don’t twist my words.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I do wish it were possible to make iOS more free. With that said, is it a fair comparison to draw when someone only knows how to use a VPN if it’s in the App Store, whether Apple’s or Google Play?
So novices on either platform are harmed by lessened app availability even while both could be instructed to set a VPN up in settings or sideload an app.
Now if it’s a TOR browser or something, that’s a big L for Apple.
Fades@lemmy.world 2 days ago
is it a fair comparison to draw when someone only knows how to use a VPN if it’s in the App Store
This whole thread is absurd, sideloading is possible on iOS, end of story. As per the original OP, their comment is 100% about sideloading
My message is clearly talking about side loading. Don’t twist my words.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 2 days ago
Plenty of tools to Sideloadly on iOS; sideloadly.io pops to mind as one example of such.
What kind of sad existence feels compelled to double down on spewing misinformation when being called out? Here, have a pity upvote.
moon@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
Imagine thinking that’s the same thing as Android’s side loading support. The cope is real.
Fades@lemmy.world 2 days ago
and iOS supports sideloading, don’t twist reality
moon@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
Bro I hope Apple is paying you for all the white knighting you’re doing for them. To side load on Apple, you have to create a developer account and treat it as if you’re developing an app. That is borderline exploiting it and definitely not intended to be used for regular consumer applications. For all intents and purposes, you can’t side load on Apple because this is not intended nor recommended for anyone, and is easily blocked by Apple if they ever choose to do so.
You’re being blatantly bad faith to compare that to Android where you can simply download an apk, open it, and press install. It’s entirely supported and intended by Android’s design. Android goes so far to support seamless updates for third party app stores, and extends their app malware scanner to side loaded apks as well.
If you consider those two to be the same, then you’re just in bad faith and not worth taking seriously, and are looking to argue for the sake of arguing. Apple is not your friend. They do not want you side loading, and you know this.
iopq@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Normal VPNs don’t work in Russia, you need one that’s masked as usual traffic now.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
You can get a free VPS from AWS or Oracle Cloud and set up Wireguard on it
iopq@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s blocked, you need to set up hysteria or vless/reality to avoid VPN blocks which means you need to run the client
iopq@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s blocked, you need to set up hysteria or vless/reality to avoid VPN blocks which means you need to run the client
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Why are we not allowed to use these “apps that make it easier to configure”?
Fades@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This is why you don’t buy into closed-garden ecosystems like this.
You can absolutely set up a VPN without any app, thus your argument of how this is a reason why the walled-garden concept is flawed. iOS also has side-loading btw :)
There’s really only one choice if you care about freedom.
There really isn’t just one choice if you care about freedom, it’s ironic you think a singular choice is the way forward anyway when talking about freedom. Really interesting how you shape this narrative based on zero facts.
Lastly, I think it’s very funny that you think Google is someone you can trust to give you freedom
moon@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
You’ve replied to like 5 other of my comments the exact same thing at this point. Like I replied to the other guy, my comment is not saying you can’t set up a VPN without an app, even though that’s a very rare method of doing so regardless. Apple is literally a closed garden, that does not change anything lol.
Also no, like I said in my other comment, you can’t side load. What you think is a “gotcha” is that there’s a work around where you register a developer account and load an unofficial application that way. You know very well yourself that Apple does not want you sideloading, and this is not meant for consumer applications, and that it is easily blockable at any point by Apple. That is why the EU is constantly hitting Apple with anti-trust and anti-competition lawsuits. This has literally been proven in court, it is not an opinion. You are being incredibly bad faith for no reason. Apple does not want you sideloading, Android does.
Also AOSP is not Google. Though in reality, Google phones tend to support alternative operating systems the best. Even if that stopped being the case and they went locked down suddenly, there are still tons of other Android manufacturers out there that can have their bootloader unlocked and run their entirely own degoogled ecosystems. So you should probably know what you’re talking about, but you think this is a brand vs brand debate or something. It’s not, Android is simply designed around side-loading, is officially supported, and intended by consumers. iOS is not. It’s not complicated.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Tech enthusiasts won’t be slowed down by a removal of an app from the app store, but then again, tech enthusiasts don’t buy iphones.
Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Yes they do. Millions of them do.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can side load on iPhone, it’s just not as easy. I have multiple side loaded apps.
lud@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Don’t you have to renew them all the time though?
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Not anymore if you use their new sideloading framework… which is only available in the EU
Petter1@lemm.ee 2 days ago
You still have to if you sign yourself. You still need a dev Account to sign for longer timeframe
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So you’re saying that Apple doesn’t have great support for side loaded apps unlike Android.