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35 votes
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Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims
20 votes -
Apple loses EU court battle over €13bn tax bill in Ireland
40 votes -
Top EU court orders Apple to pay €13 billion tax bill
16 votes -
Balatro Mobile coming to Google Play, Apple Arcade and App Store on September 26th
26 votes -
Apple rethinks its movie strategy after a string of misses
26 votes -
‘Ted Lasso’ heads toward Season 4 greenlight with options pickup for three core cast members
19 votes -
AltStore PAL drops its annual subscription thanks to a grant from Epic
8 votes -
Apple’s requirements (subscription model only) to hit creators and fans on Patreon
53 votes -
The Mac is a power tool
35 votes -
Subscribe to a Twitch streamer, get three months of Apple TV+
6 votes -
Sideloading with iOS 17.4: any use cases?
It’s been a few weeks now since the release of iOS 17.4, which […] provides new options for app marketplaces, web browsers and payments for residents of the European Union. […] Now, don’t get me...
It’s been a few weeks now since the release of iOS 17.4, which
[…] provides new options for app marketplaces, web browsers and payments for residents of the European Union. […]
Now, don’t get me wrong, I am a firm believer in the underlying regulation to it, and have been ever since the possibility of this becoming a reality was in the Brussels air. But so far, I haven’t really been able to come up with a truly practical use case.
Furthermore, I haven’t seen any marketing for an Epic Store, Meta Store, or similar “app marketplaces”, but this may be attributed to the still rather… wobbly legal situation surrounding, notably, still having to direct payments to Apple while not using their store for app distribution. I don’t think there has been any follow-up from Apple (or the EU) that retracts these conditions.
So: Have any fellow EU resident ~tech’ies done anything fun or interesting with this new freedom yet?
To those not affected by this regulation, what would you like to “sideload”, or are perhaps already sideloading on Android?
Do any of you think big companies will move their entire palette onto an alternative store anytime soon, e.g. Facebook and sister products? To be honest, I doubt this will happen, otherwise it would’ve long occurred on the Google Play Store as well.
My ideas were:
- I’ve thought about trying to install Minecraft (the full version, probably using Pojav), or a game of similar caliber, on my phone just for fun and to see how well the iPhone GPU really fares against a “real” game, but didn’t find the time yet for looking into it.
- Also personally, I’d love to see a real “root-capable” shell on iOS, but I don’t think that will ever be a thing irrespective of how much sideloading Apple is forced to allow into their OS.
9 votes -
iOS 18 adds new "Distraction Control" feature for Safari, similar to temporary element blocking with uBlock Origin
11 votes -
Making games for Apple platforms "like an abusive relationship", say developers
42 votes