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Re:Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS by ufo on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:16PM (#13536379)
> GPL you get wrong way around

What did you mean here?

> Only to distribute through App Store.

Which is a big deal, since by default iPhones are locked down and can only install things from the app store.

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Re:Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS by pvg on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:43PM (#13537729)
You can install on your own phone straight from Xcode. You don't need to pay Apple for that.
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Re:Open-sourcing Chrome on iOS by rahimnathwani on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:10AM (#13539430)
But the app will only work for 7 days before you have to re-install, unless you have an active paid developer account.
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