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

  • locuesterEnglish
    44·
    11 months ago

    These are fascinating requirements. Mind explaining?

    • sfgifz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Fast, quiet, big touch pad. What’d fascinating or out of the world here? These are just kind of things most people want, not everyone wants to manually update their kernel or whatever.

      • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I’ve got an Asus ZenBook (specifically this one that came out last year). It does have a fan, but it’s pretty quiet. I barely notice it most of the time. It’s pretty fast, too. Don’t know how large of a touchpad you want, though.

        • Buttons@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Doesn’t look bad, but I’m guessing it doesn’t have a haptic touchpad? (Clicking is equally easy anywhere on the touchpad, because there isn’t actually a click, the click is simulated by a vibrator.)

          • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            No, there’s no haptic touchpad. TBH, I didn’t even know that was a thing.

      • JasonDJEnglish
        21·
        11 months ago

        I think Apple trademarked having a big touchpad. And possibly also one that works.