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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by Dig1t on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:03PM (#25379995)
>What happens when the dictates are not as benevolent?

OP literally answered this question. Buy a different phone.

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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by Osiris on Thursday December 10, 2020 @07:59PM (#25381003)
Except that all your photos are in iCloud, all your messages in iMessage, all your music in iTunes... and all those apps you've bought. "Just buy another phone" is fine if you have no problem throwing away all your data and purchases and start over.

It's not just a phone, it's a whole ecosystem.

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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by swebs on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:14AM (#25383540)
Doesn't iTunes provide DRM-free music exports? You could migrate your media to some platform agnostic version like Nextcloud.
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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by floatboth on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:27AM (#25383865)
Yes, if you buy albums, they are completely DRM-free.

Many people just stream these days though.

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