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Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by ssivark on Friday May 21, 2021 @05:55PM (#27240464)
Rather, the question is, how can Apple control access to a device they have sold to customers by forcing all app deployments through their App Store? They can run the App Store quite whimsically if they allow side loading apps and other app repositories.
Re:Judge in Fortnite case holds Tim Cook's feet to the fire by skizm on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:30PM (#27242327)
It isn’t illegal to side load another OS with another App Store onto your phone. But Apple is also well within their rights to design their phones to brick if they detect something they deem a security risk being loaded onto a device they sold. They tell you up front, before you buy it, what the device is designed for and what it isn’t. Xbox doesn’t let you run Word and won’t support it if you somehow figure out a way to. Is that not the same thing?