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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by madeofpalk on Monday September 11, 2017 @07:14PM (#15223293)
Actually you don't even need to pay for it these days. Free Apple Developer accounts can side load apps through Xcode
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by earenndil on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:20PM (#15223700)
You don't even need Xcode. You can do it fine on windows or linux using cydia impactor[1]

1: http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/

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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by jsjohnst on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:05PM (#15223629)
Only for seven days at a time though, no? Either way, that affectively means anybody can sideload if they have a Mac.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by jack1243star on Monday September 11, 2017 @07:38PM (#15223456)
You need to pay for the Mac to use Xcode though...
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by madeofpalk on Monday September 11, 2017 @07:41PM (#15223470)
Correct. You need to own a computer to run computer software.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by mixedCase on Monday September 11, 2017 @07:56PM (#15223574)
An Apple computer. To run Mac software. That's what you probably meant.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by jsjohnst on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:08PM (#15223641)
You don't have to own an Apple computer to run Mac software, so your statement is factually false and his isn't.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by mixedCase on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:12PM (#15228505)
Legally.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by StavrosK on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:48AM (#15225530)
No, you need to own an Apple computer to install things on your phone. I don't need a computer to install APKs on Android.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by jsjohnst on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:00AM (#15226891)
No, you don't need an Apple computer to install an IPA anymore than you need a computer to install an APK. Let's stop comparing Apples and Oranges shall we? You need a computer to compile and sign an IPA, the same thing you need to compile and sign an APK.
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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:46AM (#15227207)
> You need a computer to compile and sign an IPA, the same thing you need to compile and sign an APK.

You can compile and sign (and, AFAIK, upload to the Google Play Store) an APK on an Android device, using AIDE and perhaps other dev toolkits. No computer needed.

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