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I've been saying for years that I believe it inevitable there will be country specific forks/branches of iOS and Android, as countries get more and more interes
by giobox 3y ago
I've been saying for years that I believe it inevitable there will be country specific forks/branches of iOS and Android, as countries get more and more interested in legislation concerning instant messaging, online transactions, app stores etc.
I'd go as far as to argue it's a small miracle we made it this far with a single global OS release (although I guess there are even already the minor changes for things like removing the Taiwan flag emoji in the China iOS releases...).
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoBut a country specific fork would make things easy! I'd just purchase an iPhone from Europe. Instead, it looks like Apple is going to dynamically enable/disable sideloading based on location.
- giobox 3y agoEasy at least until you have to install an OS update, and the exact same location feature switches the fork...
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoThere's no way it works like that. Imagine: 1. Bob legitimately lives in Europe, and buys an iPhone in Europe. 2. Bob travels to a business conference in the United States. 3. Apple releases an iOS update while Bob is at his business conference. Bob installs the update. 4. Bob retains the US version of iOS even after he returns home, until the next iOS update is released, which could take months.
- giobox 3y agoIf it's a result of individual country legislation, who the heck knows how it might one day work - there is potential for the case that no one universal technical solution can meet the legal requirements of all States.