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Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by threeseed on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:09PM (#24416569)
> I, a user of an iPhone, should be able to install whatever software I want

And you can. You just need to bypass Apple's security mechanisms.

Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by saagarjha on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:34AM (#24419128)
You can murder people all you like too, as long as you figure out how to never get caught.
Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by mehrdada on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @02:52AM (#24418035)
You can, without bypassing security mechanisms. Simply acquire a free developer certificate to sign your own binaries. They work for a week but you can re-sign them.
Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by saagarjha on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:36AM (#24419140)
Free developer accounts have more restriction than paid accounts do, which is already nowhere close to “I want to run anything on my device”.
Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by hu3 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:21PM (#24416664)
That breaks ToS.
Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by jjcon on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @12:49AM (#24417244)
And? All that means is they can refuse to service the device which to me makes sense.