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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading (9to5mac.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading::As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. The openess of the operating system is meaningless if the phone's firmware isn't open.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

It's open source so that anyone can manufacture a phone for it (good for business), not so you could install whatever you want on the hardware (bad for business)...