ICYMI: Some of Apple's EU changes are coming only to the iPhone, not the iPad.
ICYMI: Some of Apple's EU changes are coming only to the iPhone, not the iPad.
Yesterday, Apple announced some major changes to the App Store and the broader iPhone platform in the European Union, including...
The iPad is not part of all modifications made by Cupertino to adhere to the EU law.
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The ability to install third-party app marketplaces and download apps from third-party app marketplaces will be an option only on the iPhone.
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The new prompt in Safari that asks users to pick a default browser engine is coming only to the iPhone.
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Support for third-party browser engines is coming only to the iPhone.
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The ability to set default NFC and wallet apps will only be available on the iPhone.
Fuck Apple. I was starting to consider an iPhone for my next phone with all of these EU improvements, but it's clear they haven't changed one bit.
Same. I was actually warming up to some products, as this was the main reason I ditched the ecosystem back in '18. GNU/Linux & Android gave me the level of interoperability I wanted and haven't looked back once.
However, the M silicon is attractive and with the EU mandated opening, a transition looked feasible.
Oh well, guess my new round of private & professional laptops and mobile devices will once again go to suppliers that support the superior experience (e.g. extensibility, repairability, compatibility, longevity, security) that open standards offer.
LOL the only changes they've made are the ones they weren't able to find loopholes for.
Holy shit there are some bootlickers in the comments on that article.
Typical 9to5mac and Macrumors comment section experience
Just shows Apple's true colour, and how much the EU has forced their hand.
This change will come to the iPad too one day though.
Lmao. Every one of these articles only make my argument stronger for not getting Apple products.
Are you fucking kidding me? I was looking forward to sideloading so I could play some emulators on the last iOS device I have. Well at least that‘s my last iPad since the new one is complete trash.
I have an iPad mini that was given to me as a gift last year. It's a lovely little device, it really is. But I don't know why it exists at this point. I mean, it's cool for reading pdfs, browsing the internet on something bigger than my iPhone, but I'd say 90% of what I use it for is as another screen for my work Mac. It's cool n'all, but it sure as shit ain't £750 of cool.
I never saw a good use for them at all, but people seem to love the minis. I think they might be big with older folks who don't want a large tablet, but have shit eye sight and want a couch device that's easier to read than a phone. That's my theory anyway.
If you aren’t needing any emulators past GBA/DS/SNES, afterplay.io lets you play your ROMs on an unjailbroken iOS device using Safari
This is utterly bullshit, iPadOS is basically iOS and had access to almost the same app store.
It's literally the same OS. They orobably build it from the same code, but with different build flags.
I'm kind of surprised Apple is willing to fragment things so much just to avoid these consumer-friendly rulings as much as they can. Obviously it's profit-driven - I get that - but it seems to go against their branding a little, where the Apple ecosystem is typically very simple to use and has parity across devices.
I think that's the point. things are still simple if you stick to apple's ecosystem and only get messy when you try to step out
It's not going to get more complicated. The only thing Apple did was make it more expensive to provide products outside their store. It makes absolutely no sense to do that.
Anything to limit progress
Also tvOS is excluded.
I was concidering switching to an apple TV if it had proper adblock for YouTube. I guess this won't be the case then
Is Jailbreak a viable option nowadays?
Depends on your definition of viable
For me it’s not an option because most bank software detect jailbreaks and refuse to work. Not worth the hassle
Banking is a must
Dammit Apple fix yo shit
What bank do you have? Usually using choicy to disable all tweak injection besides shadow and shadow to spoof some stuff is enough to make them work.
You can sideload apps without jailbreaking or paying for a dev account using TrollStore, which utilises core trust bugs to bypass/spoof some app validation keys, on a iPhone XR or newer on iOS 14.0 up to 16.6.1. (ANY version for iPhone X and older). Doesn't trigger jailbreak detection as it is just app sideloading.
Install guide: Trollstore
I so hope the EU won't put up with any of this garbage. Let's fix the law if it got holes, at this point I just want to spite apple.
What if I call the iPad a "really big iPhone"?
I've been doing that since they first created it LOL
I dunno how I could have missed it. There's been like 20 posts about it it seems like.
The iPad is such a useless device now that laptops are the same size. It's near impossible to do anything more than type word documents.
I disagree. The iPad is great for watching video and surfing the web. For doing any work you would want a desktop/laptop.
It is great for that, but I'm not gonna spend $1,000 to watch videos whenever my iPad kicks the bucket. I'll consider buying another one if I can play emulators or program on it.
As someone who will never spend a fuck in apple stuff I truly don't give a flying fuck.. if people want to eat shit then give'em enough of it.