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Re:Apple Music on Android asks user's card details to avoid ... by mehrdada on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:23AM (#24153967)
> Android does allow it. They allow you to install any software. Even software that allows you to bypass Youtube Ads. In fact that is one reason why many stick to android

You can install software on your own iOS with a free developer certificate as well. You cannot scale distribution though, which is by design, and ensures security of the other billions of users.

I did not mean just the software running in a container though, which is at the mercy of Android system. I want to control the software running on the computer I pay for, which most Android phones don't.

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Re:Apple Music on Android asks user's card details to avoid ... by heavyset_go on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:37AM (#24154073)
> You can install software on your own iOS with a free developer certificate as well.

And it expires after 7 days. You can't even scale using your own software without having to swap it out once a week.

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