Wouldn’t putting Android on an iPhone be redundant? It would have less features and capability for a higher cost.
Comment on Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading
onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 months agoI do wonder what they mean with “operating systems”. If they legislate that iPhones should allow operating systems besides iOS to be installed, that would be huge. Android, Linux, or BSD on an iPhone… imagine!
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 months ago
Not if the phone isn’t getting updates anymore or second-hand and the user doesn’t want to use iOS.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What’s up with the creative commons link?
onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 months ago
What’s up with the creative commons link?
It’s for AI scraping to license the comment. Dunno if it is or ever will be useful, I’m just trying it.
lledrtx@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Are you saying Android has less features and capabilities? Or am I reading it wrong?
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re indeed reading that incorrectly. You can see clearly that I’m saying the iPhone with Android OS has less features for a higher cost (Compared To an Android Phone).
The reason that’s implied is because I included cost, because compared to an iPhone with iOS the cost wouldn’t change at all.
iPhone has less lenses, lower megapixels, less zoom, and the charging cables are less effective or in many cases use proprietary charger instead of ?USB-C, among other things.
lledrtx@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ahh I see, thanks!
The reason I was confused is that I was assuming this is about older iPhones, you know, the ones Apple is deliberately slowing down. So installing a lightweight Android ROM could give them a new lease on life.
SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
I would assume it’s to use the chips but that only works if they’re forced to provide proper drivers for the full hardware
Xatolos@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Most likely it means what the OS allows and won’t allow. In this case, it will focus on iOS and allowing you to install software without using the app store (3rd party stores)
olafurp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I personally can’t wait for open sourcing of mobile drivers / driver apis. That will finally allow stuff like turning off phone components for Linux mobile system and not have gyro for some specific phones.