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I find it surprising that Linux distributions still don't support iOS devices. Considering how many of these devices are out there. What is the main reason? Th

by TekMol 8y ago

I find it surprising that Linux distributions still don't support iOS devices. Considering how many of these devices are out there. What is the main reason? That it is hard to root them?

znpy 8y ago
> What is the main reason? That it is hard to root them? Imho it's just not worth it. There are a lot of way cheaper phones/tablets that you can get in order to run GNU/Linux. Why would anybody bother ?
- TekMol 8y ago
  I use an iPad Pro because it had the best form factor + weight + performance combination I could find.
  - znpy 8y ago
    The subthread was about running GNU/Linux on Apple devices like the iPad Pro you own, not about the device itself...
eythian 8y ago
When you buy an Apple product, some amount of the money you paid goes towards Apple paying engineers to figure out ways of preventing you doing things like running software they don't approve of on it.