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Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

New Japanese law may force Apple to allow sideloading in iOS

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New Japanese law may force Apple to allow sideloading in iOS

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Lee Duna ( throws_lemy@lemmy.nz )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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New Japanese law may force Apple to allow sideloading in iOS - gHacks Tech News
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The Japanese government is working on a new antitrust law that will require Apple to allow sideloading apps in iOS.
  • 🌞🌞🌞 ( amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    The fact that letting users choose what software they’d like to install wasn’t seen as an fundamental part of a computer really highlights Apple’s backwards philosophy towards user experience.

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      And the cult followers will foam from their mouths and defend that it’s better if you have less choice for some myth of security.

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        I’d say the cult Apple haters are generally more toxic in their language and aggressive in gate-keeping.

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            My reply was meant to bring attention to the behavior of some community members, not Apple the company. Sorry if there was a misunderstanding.

            Feel free to not buy Apple products if you don’t like them. It’s your choice and I really don’t care.

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          “Cult Apple haters” is a goofy phrase and doesn’t exist. Maybe people who swear off / boycott Apple, but a cult? Goofy.

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          Gate keeping by calling out BS and anti customer business practices? Interestingly definition of gate keeping you have.

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            Absolutley! Even more “interesting-ly” than that straw-man of yours, friend! ;)

            FYI, calling out Apple’s anti-competitive bs is not at all a problem. In fact, many Apple users are plenty happy to do that themselves. The problem is with how haters behave toward the users of Apple products, rather than the company itself.

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      • 🌞🌞🌞 ( amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ) 
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        And even if the App Store was perfectly safe, keeping users safe via restricting basic functionality instead of increasing tech literacy is a backwards approach

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          Google requires a full reformat to 3rd party apk installs on Chromebooks. That’s heavy-handed, cumbersome, and idiotic. But it’s still
          better than Apple.

          It should be as easy as sudo apt-add repository, sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get install everywhere.

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            Chromebooks are even worse: “Instead of hampering user’s computers for safety, we’ll make a ‘computer’ that just launches our proprietary web apps!”

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        I mean if they want their safety they can feel free to keep it. No need to limit others to the App Store.

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      “What’s a Computer?”

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