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Not that these types of apps are good but Apple should allow people to void their warranties and sideload open source apps like you can easily do on Android pho
by t1234s 1y ago
Not that these types of apps are good but Apple should allow people to void their warranties and sideload open source apps like you can easily do on Android phones.
- kelthuzad 1y agowhy would installing apps void their warranties? installing apps on your mac doesn't void your mac's warranty either...
- t1234s 1y agoI think apple is paranoid about their battery life claims. By not allowing sideloading non-approved apps they have more control over this. Especially with their claims of "x hours of web browsing" and "x hours of video playback"
- kelthuzad 1y agoApple isn't "paranoid about their battery life claims", they are paranoid about losing their taxation funnel. Everything else is contrived apologia in defense of their app distribution monopoly.
- jolt42 1y agoThey wouldn't want even the appearance of it being an Apple product running crap on it. If there was some way to completely distance themselves from it, maybe, but pretty much a non-starter.
- kelthuzad 1y agothey do it on macs, they can do it on iphones. the only reason why they refuse to do so is profit maximization.
- graybeardhacker 1y agoGoogle is moving toward Apple's model: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/ https://www.androidauthority.com/android-developer-verificat... Turns out authoritarianism is bad for freedom. Who knew?