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I'm genuinely flabbergasted by this thread. > ... Everybody knew that Apple would be uncongenial, borderline malicious ... > Therefore its pointless to blame

by larfus 2y ago

I'm genuinely flabbergasted by this thread. > ... Everybody knew that Apple would be uncongenial, borderline malicious ... > Therefore its pointless to blame Apple The entire fault is on Apple. The EU that is notoriously depicted as overly bureaucratic and slow-moving managed to make the largest consumer walled garden to relax its gates and give some form of authority to people who own the damn device. Remember, no form of official sideloading existed before the DMA.

AceJohnny2 2y ago
> Remember, no form of official sideloading existed before the DMA. MDM has long existed. In fact that was Apple's counterpoint to alternative alt-stores. Certainly it didn't allow you to bypass any execution restrictions any further than the regular app store. Random link: https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/support/sup530/ https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/support/sup530/
- larfus 2y ago
  I'm taking consumer focused solutions into account. No single individual could reasonably set up MDM to gain some sort of freedom