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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by fartcannon on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:16AM (#27263972)
You don't have to fuck around with it! You CAN just use it like a regular locked down device, and throw it into a landfill when youre done.

The rest of us can get on with using the otherwise wasted power of all these tiny computers.

Think of the waste caused by Apples profiteering.

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by klelatti on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:26AM (#27264064)
The real waste comes from inadequately powered devices that have to be retired early because they are no longer fast enough. I think Apple have a decent record on this front although right to repair is another matter.
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by shsizbz on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:38AM (#27264209)
Im posting this comment on an iPhone SE (1st gen) I got in mid 2016. I still get OS updates, not just security patches.

Whats that about Apple waste? Its people that waste and drive waste.

Id love it if I could load my own OS and do whatever on this little phone, but only if iOS itself was still locked up. I dont need to add even more worry about the safety of my “phone” (really portfolio of everything Ive done since Ive been online)

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by smichel17 on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:05AM (#27264496)
Many years ago, Apple removed all apps for the 1st gen iPod touch from the app store, with no warning. I found out about this when I did a factory reset (ironically, this was to un-jailbreak my iPod touch, since the jailbreak slowed it down a little and I wasn't using any of its features). Imagine my surprise and frustration when all the apps I was using moments before - Spotify, Fruit Ninja, Opera Mini (the only browser that was acceptably fast on that device) - were suddenly gone with no recourse.. except to upgrade. Which I did -- away from an ecosystem where a company has that kind of control over me.
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by GeekyBear on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:47AM (#27264968)
>How to download old versions of apps from the App Store

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/02/08/how-to-download-o...

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by smichel17 on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:51AM (#27265030)
Not available in 2011.
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by GeekyBear on Monday May 24, 2021 @11:10AM (#27265258)
It was available starting in 2010.

It was also possible to backup and restore apps individually through iTunes.

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by smichel17 on Monday May 24, 2021 @11:28AM (#27265491)
Perhaps I have the date wrong, then?

I do remember the individual app backup+restore, which I would have done if I'd known that I was going to need it. But I didn't have any data I cared about (just my music, which was already in iTunes), so I figured I'd just reinstall the apps. I remember re-jailbreaking my iPod afterwards and trying to find an old version of Spotify to install online, but being unable to find a trustworthy source.

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by fartcannon on Monday May 24, 2021 @11:39AM (#27265628)
Try that with an iPhone 6. Apple's position on right to repair and planned obsolescence is well known:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batterygate

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