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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by realusername on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:07AM (#27264519)
What if you got a used phone or tablet though? Are you just supposed to throw it away to the trash and get another one because the manufacturer doesn't approve you using it? And what about devices which aren't supported anymore?
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by bombcar on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:25AM (#27264714)
I think an interesting attack on this loophole would be a law that requires that the relevant signing keys/bootloader access be opened 1-3 years after official support for the hardware ends.

Sure this would complicate things a bit (Apple would have to have different keys for different hardware revisions), but it would allow devices to be "officially" jailbroken after support ends.

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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by zepto on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:43AM (#27264920)
I would support opening it as soon as the first unsupported software release is made available.
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by gjsman-1000 on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:32AM (#27264784)
Like this, I would really support this. However, Apple would probably point out the Third World countries might have more obsolete devices coupled with more oppressive governments and that puts them at more risk or something.
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by realusername on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:47AM (#27264969)
obsolete devices aren't maintained anymore, the only security you get against known attacks is provided by the community, not from Apple.
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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by rodgerd on Monday May 24, 2021 @07:37PM (#27270987)
That would be great in theory, but in practice it's far more straightforward to run an iOS device for many, many years (supported by Apple, no less) than to run a device that ships with Android.
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