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now that apple have to allow other sources for software, what is preventing Mozilla, chrome, vscode from actually running in ios?
by 1oooqooq 2y ago
now that apple have to allow other sources for software, what is preventing Mozilla, chrome, vscode from actually running in ios?
- stetrain 2y agoIf you're in the EU that should be possible, although the software is still limited to using Apple's public approved APIs since Apple still has a security notarization process software can be installed from third-party sources.
- blep-arsh 2y agoIf I remember correctly: iOS is preventing apps from running any generated code that's not signed ahead of time (it's allowed for browsers specifically for JIT but not for IDEs, I believe); spawning processes and loading new dylibs is also forbidden so it's still very inconvenient.
- nottorp 2y agoAlso I don't want to depend on anyone's cloud service to get my work on and off an iPad.
- 1oooqooq 2y agobesides apple you mean? and what installing Firefox on ios have to do with someone's cloud?
- nottorp 2y ago> besides apple you mean? Not even Apple's. I want to be able to get my stuff to and from the iPad directly through my LAN as you can do with desktop computers. > and what installing Firefox on ios have to do with someone's cloud? In this context, that's only useful if you do web development? Besides, tbh anything that only works in the EU is useless for a dev. I like to use solutions that I can pass around to my partners, no matter where in the world they're located.