• Singletona082@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Apple now allows sideloading of apps and Google is trying to get rid of sideloading.

    What… the Fuck?

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      43 minutes ago

      Apple now allows sideloading of apps

      Apple allows as much sideloading as google wants to next near.

      Yes, you can install from .iPa files, but you still need to pay 100€ a year to be able to sign the IPA files, otherwise you cant run them. as much as with googles new policy you now need to pay 25€ + your full name to get a signature, to sign the Apks with

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        29 minutes ago

        This ⬆️ Apple has set the lowest bar, and google is simply following the trend of “how to keep your App Store the monopoly while conforming to the dma“

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        2 hours ago

        The EU is no longer an ally in such matters but a bad actor.

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          36 minutes ago

          Gonna have to elaborate on this because the European union has both good and bad people pulling strings.

          If this is about chatcontrol. Scary as it is that the idea keeps coming back it has also always gotten shot down.