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Re:Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad by covercash on Sunday May 16, 2021 @08:21PM (#27178666)
> With all Android devices that aren't managed (read: business device), you can sideload a third party app store without the need to use system exploits to 'jailbreak.'

Is an average Android user actually going to do any of that?

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Re:Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad by batiudrami on Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:00PM (#27178907)
Sideloading apps is very easy (albeit you have to press “okay” on a very scary looking warming page). Plenty of people do, to play Fortnight or install the Amazon App Store, for instance.
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Re:Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad by techrat on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:24PM (#27179791)
> Is an average Android user actually going to do any of that?

It really doesn't matter if the average Android user will do it.

What matters is that you have the option to do so.

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Re:Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad by covercash on Monday May 17, 2021 @02:01PM (#27186221)
I think it only matters if that was the expectation when you purchased it. Nobody buys an iPhone with the expectation that they’ll be able to install apps anywhere outside of the App Store. In fact, a single place to buy and install apps is a selling point to many people.
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Re:Apple-Epic judge asks why offering iOS users a choice is bad by techrat on Monday May 17, 2021 @05:34PM (#27188739)
Nobody? Not one single person?

That must be why there isn't a large jailbreaking community behind iOS.

Or why there hasn't been a lawsuit over...

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