Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by morpheuskafka on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:52AM
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If you pay Apple $99 a year you can install whatever you want on your own phone only. There are no restrictions on directly installing IPAs with Cydia Impactor or Xcode. You can actually do it for free, but only a few apps at a time and must renew every 7 days.
Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by stale2002 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @02:43PM
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If you buy an iPhone, without paying Apple 99$ a year, you are also legally allowed to install whatever you want.
If someone ones the phone, it is within their full legal right to do whatever they want with it. No extra fee necessary.
Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by swift532 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:27AM
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That is your opinion (and I would also appreciate being able to do anything I want with my iPhone), but it's clearly not how Apple sees it.
Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by stale2002 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @02:44PM
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No, it is not "my opinion".
It is instead how the law works.
Apple tried, and failed, to sue people for doing things with the phones that were legally purchased by the individual.
If you install something Apple doesn't like, it is your full legal right to do so. The courts proved this.
The device belongs to the user. It is fully within the user's legal right to install apps on their phone, even if Apple disgrees with those apps.