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I'm a long-term Linux user and started buying Apple products long ago. I still keep my iPhone 4S around because I think it's a piece of art. I think the hardwar

by mo_42 3y ago

I'm a long-term Linux user and started buying Apple products long ago. I still keep my iPhone 4S around because I think it's a piece of art. I think the hardware and physical design of Apple products is really great. When I heard about this new EU regulation, I started to consider retiring my iPhone. I developed my own iOS app, but I'm unable to run it permanently because I need to get it approved by Apple to install it on my own device. PWAs are an alternative I was considering, and I'm also using some from others. If this is true. I'll switch to Android. The only device I'd keep using actively is the M1 MacBook because it's running Asahi Linux and I haven't booted into MacOS for months now.

malermeister 3y ago
How's Asahi on the M1 macbook? I'm considering switching, too.
- mo_42 3y ago
  Feels like it's constantly improving. I'm running it since 1.5 years. Battery life is much better now. It even supports TLP (with the AUR version). Hard to tell what I'm missing currently. But I'm using rather basic tools in the command line and all these work fine. Of course Firefox works. Inkscape, Darktable, TexLive, too.
  - malermeister 3y ago
    Looking at the site, it looks like it still doesn't support USB-C displays or Thunderbolt, which unfortunately, for me, is a dealbreaker (I use my MBA with a Thunderbolt dock on my desk). Looks like I'll still have to wait for a while. How's battery life compared to macOS?
siquick 3y ago
> I developed my own iOS app, but I'm unable to run it permanently because I need to get it approved by Apple to install it on my own device. This isn’t the case anymore. If using Expo you can also do it through EAS Build. https://developer.apple.com/help/account/manage-profiles/create-an-ad-hoc-provisioning-profile/ https://developer.apple.com/help/account/manage-profiles/cre... https://docs.expo.dev/build/internal-distribution/#22-configure-app-signing-credentials-for-ios https://docs.expo.dev/build/internal-distribution/#22-config...
- foverzar 3y ago
  Aren't you still required to have a paid dev account?
- bathtub365 3y ago
  This just looks like either ad hoc or enterprise distribution, which has nothing to do with Expo and has existed for years.
- WirelessGigabit 3y ago
  I still need to pay $100 per year, and I need to beg Apple for VPN capabilities in case I want to work on software like Wireguard.
rickstanley 3y ago
I bought an iPhone last year. I started regretting it after 3 months of usage. Trivial things are a burden to set up, like: - custom ringtone; - emulators; - lock screen rotation in landscape; - listen to music from local storage without an Apple subscription; I could go on and on. Most of them have solutions, but again, a burden to configure compared to an Android device. My next smartphone will be Android, once again. I just wish small smartphones were more common and had battery life comparable to Apple's. I bought a second hand MacBook Pro 2015 to use Linux on. I'll let Asahi cook a bit more before moving to an M series.
- soraminazuki 3y ago
  > listen to music from local storage without an Apple subscription That this is a burden to do is straight up false. Playing from local storage works the same as it did since the days of the iPod.
  - ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago
    I stood in line on launch day in June 2007 for the first iPhone, and used one exclusively until 2022 when I started running it side-by-side with a Pixel running GrapheneOS. I personally tried it with Apple Music and it did not work if you had no connectivity — and, in fact, because about half of the app itself appears to be loaded on demand, parts of the UI were non-functional as well. Also, it was not possible for me to download the equivalent of my Discover Weekly playlist for use offline; it HAD to be streamed for each. and. every. play. I gave up and went back to Spotify. A few months later, I wiped the iPhone and sold it, leaving me with GrapheneOS exclusively. Just last night I wiped the storage of my last Mac and it will be given away. Given the direction Apple is going, I made the right call, which is a damn shame.
    - soraminazuki 3y ago
      I play music from local storage every day and the UI just works. We'll all know from the front page of this site the moment it stops working.
beretguy 3y ago
You can continue using iPhones that don’t downgrade to iOS 17. Unless you want to stick it to the Apple.
sfryxell 3y ago
same. They think they are the only unix in town.
- sfryxell 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39299007#39377420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39299007#39377420 I wanted to flesh this out some more.

by mo_42 3y ago

malermeister 3y ago

How's Asahi on the M1 macbook? I'm considering switching, too.

mo_42 3y ago
Feels like it's constantly improving. I'm running it since 1.5 years. Battery life is much better now. It even supports TLP (with the AUR version). Hard to tell what I'm missing currently. But I'm using rather basic tools in the command line and all these work fine. Of course Firefox works. Inkscape, Darktable, TexLive, too.
- malermeister 3y ago
  Looking at the site, it looks like it still doesn't support USB-C displays or Thunderbolt, which unfortunately, for me, is a dealbreaker (I use my MBA with a Thunderbolt dock on my desk). Looks like I'll still have to wait for a while. How's battery life compared to macOS?

siquick 3y ago

> I developed my own iOS app, but I'm unable to run it permanently because I need to get it approved by Apple to install it on my own device. This isn’t the case anymore. If using Expo you can also do it through EAS Build. https://developer.apple.com/help/account/manage-profiles/create-an-ad-hoc-provisioning-profile/ https://developer.apple.com/help/account/manage-profiles/cre... https://docs.expo.dev/build/internal-distribution/#22-configure-app-signing-credentials-for-ios https://docs.expo.dev/build/internal-distribution/#22-config...

foverzar 3y ago
Aren't you still required to have a paid dev account?
bathtub365 3y ago
This just looks like either ad hoc or enterprise distribution, which has nothing to do with Expo and has existed for years.
WirelessGigabit 3y ago
I still need to pay $100 per year, and I need to beg Apple for VPN capabilities in case I want to work on software like Wireguard.

rickstanley 3y ago

I bought an iPhone last year. I started regretting it after 3 months of usage. Trivial things are a burden to set up, like: - custom ringtone; - emulators; - lock screen rotation in landscape; - listen to music from local storage without an Apple subscription; I could go on and on. Most of them have solutions, but again, a burden to configure compared to an Android device. My next smartphone will be Android, once again. I just wish small smartphones were more common and had battery life comparable to Apple's. I bought a second hand MacBook Pro 2015 to use Linux on. I'll let Asahi cook a bit more before moving to an M series.

soraminazuki 3y ago
> listen to music from local storage without an Apple subscription That this is a burden to do is straight up false. Playing from local storage works the same as it did since the days of the iPod.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago
  I stood in line on launch day in June 2007 for the first iPhone, and used one exclusively until 2022 when I started running it side-by-side with a Pixel running GrapheneOS. I personally tried it with Apple Music and it did not work if you had no connectivity — and, in fact, because about half of the app itself appears to be loaded on demand, parts of the UI were non-functional as well. Also, it was not possible for me to download the equivalent of my Discover Weekly playlist for use offline; it HAD to be streamed for each. and. every. play. I gave up and went back to Spotify. A few months later, I wiped the iPhone and sold it, leaving me with GrapheneOS exclusively. Just last night I wiped the storage of my last Mac and it will be given away. Given the direction Apple is going, I made the right call, which is a damn shame.
  - soraminazuki 3y ago
    I play music from local storage every day and the UI just works. We'll all know from the front page of this site the moment it stops working.

beretguy 3y ago

You can continue using iPhones that don’t downgrade to iOS 17. Unless you want to stick it to the Apple.

sfryxell 3y ago

same. They think they are the only unix in town.

sfryxell 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39299007#39377420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39299007#39377420 I wanted to flesh this out some more.