Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store
by Shared404 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @10:31PM
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> Apple could even make you use XCode to unlock the ability. But locking it entirely is obnoxious.
Wow. That is actually a really elegant solution to that problem. Well done.
The only way I would change it would be to walk it a little away from Xcode, and have it be through an official tool for Mac/Linux/Windows, and possibly open source it so it could be ported to BSD/whatever else by the community.
That has it's own issues though, and I don't know that it would actually be better, it's just where I would draw the line.
Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store
by echelon on Sunday November 08, 2020 @10:00PM
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Bingo!
This option doesn't open a black hole that suddenly swallows your grandparents.
Where are all the people begging for Google to close this?
Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store
by zepto on Sunday November 08, 2020 @10:41PM
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They bought iPhones.
Re:About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store
by lern_too_spel on Sunday November 08, 2020 @11:13PM
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Nobody bought an iPhone because of this retriction. Most people buy iPhones for fashion. There are very few people who have been duped into buying iPhones because of the security and privacy marketing that doesn't hold up to the barest scrutiny — most iPhone users simply don't care about that aspect of Apple's marketing.
On Android this isn't an issue, you leave sideloading disabled. Apple could use the same method. Apple could even make you use XCode to unlock the ability. But locking it entirely is obnoxious.