Submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/26/japan-regulation-apple-sideloading-ios/
Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading::As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users…
I tried to install an old version of San Andreas recently on my phone cause the last update broke controller support (which I actually bought with money).
Apparently we don’t own our Android OBB directories anymore because of “safety”.
So far the “we Android users already have this”…
sideloading would be nice; i have no idea how people can get proper work done on an ipad as of now (especially with apple at one point acting like it was only a matter of time for them to replace laptops). everything is so overly glossy and surface level and designed for children or the elderly; you can’t actually DO anything!
That’s the point. They want people to use devices where information is given to them, but they can’t interact with it or give something back.
They literally want us scrolling tiktok all day before it’s time to get ready for work.
That’s also where the Web is now.
People are saying that Flash was bad and HTML5 with heavy JS and all the functionality of modern browsers is good.
Such people are either fine with it, or don’t understand that downsides of Flash (or Java applets, or whatever else) were defined by its advantages, which were much more important.
A lot of kids or young people with no particular interest in IT\CS\engineering would use Flash for animations or little cute things which made their simple, possible back then websites more alive. (I’ve just looked at such one site, abandoned with some trace of a resurrection attempt in 2019, and it’s gorgeous.)
You had to know less to make your own stuff in that old Web than you have to know now.
The Web is by its purpose a networked global hyperspace system, a living library with common participation.
That some people want to repurpose it, think they’ve been successful at it, and think others will go along with their wishes, - is sad, but should have no weight.
I don’t take a laptop with me when I travel, because the iPad is more than enough for my work needs for a few days. Working with large spreadsheets is the only thing I absolutely need a computer for.
I have friends who are programmers and regularly work on just an iPad. As I understand it, they only need a computer for some more horsepower-hungry parts of their workflow.
The real problem with iPads is iPadOS. It’s intentionally gimped so you need a computer for some tasks. The iPad Pro has more than enough processing power and memory for full workloads (as well it should, given the price point), the OS is the restricting factor.
What real work can even be done on any tablet that is not running desktop OS? I guess you could write stuff or edit spreadsheets, but that’s it.
“Write stuff” and “edit spreadsheets” covers 75% of corporate america.
Cool. This would be great. Hopefully a push to allow that in all other countries.
It’s happening guys, apple is start to a open source platform
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
I was against sideloading, because I’m in it for the walled garden and if governments were to use their own stalls to publish their apps, then, actually it doesn’t matter anymore! Our gov apps still invasive anyway, imo.
For the clueless, the particular app scans your face with various coloured screens being blasted through the phone screen, doesn’t matter if you have face ID enabled or not, its their own scan.
Power to sideloading.
You being paid by apple to fear monger about sideloading?
If you fear this, just leave the sideloading to others.
Wherever I ever see a comment complaining about side loading, I just assume they’re an Apple financed marketing shill.
Even if they’re just propagandised, the argument is so stupid they deserve nothing but ridicule.
Um, I said I believed before. I don’t believe it works anymore (walled garden). And that the government apps already doing this in the walled garden. Even said power to sideloading….
And I get downvoted to oblivion?
About 90% of my apps from fdroid. A Foss store that will do they’re best to ensure no anti or invasive features break through to my phone. I am certain that apple will have a similar store.
Yeah, I’ll even go as far as to say that because F-Droid apps are usually not for profit you get actually good apps without ads or trying to sell you anything.
They’re just an app that some dude found he needed and developed, and then made available for everyone else.
This is the most jarring difference I find when I go to the App Store, so a FOSS repository for iOS would be so huge.
And I’m sure of that. Suffice to say it doesn’t matter because Apple’s walled garden allowed the Gov’s invasive app regardless.
Just to be clear: it doesn’t matter because the walled garden sucked and didn’t work and I don’t mind a third party store anymore.
You guys downvoting me do realized that I’m fine with sideloading right?
Your first sentence, after the comma, should say “I was in it…”. That was a bit confusing.
And then you went completely off the rails with some colored light government conspiracy stuff.
So I think that’s causing the downvotes.
Life finds a way
Usb-C, side loading, what’s next? APK or snap packages compatibility?
Great, now force them to open up their NFC, so mobile banking apps can skip Apple Pay for their contactless payment feature
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We also get Linux on iPhones??
And the talk is just about sideloading… :-)
onlinepersona@programming.dev 10 months ago
I 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!
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olafurp@lemmy.world 10 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.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wouldn’t putting Android on an iPhone be redundant? It would have less features and capability for a higher cost.
Xatolos@reddthat.com 10 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)
electric@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Big if true. Apple owners might actually be owners of their devices.
driveway@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
They don’t care.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 10 months ago
lol right
Good luck getting any of the hardware to work properly without Apple’s help.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s actually not that hard once you have access. ARM Chips can be difficult to get into, but programming for them is not that hard. The peripherals and other segments might be married components but that should be fine as long as they don’t get swapped out at any point.