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Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by myrandomcomment on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:25PM (#27268605)
Why would they? It is more work. It is 2 code paths to write, to test and plan for. There is a cost associated with this that will not likely be recovered in any reasonable price difference on the phone versions.
Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by bpye on Monday May 24, 2021 @04:27PM (#27269304)
I would be surprised if Apple don’t already have something like this internally…
Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by swiley on Monday May 24, 2021 @06:50PM (#27270611)
It's public.[1]

They're just asses about it.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/programs/security-research-devic...

Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by saagarjha on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:32PM (#27269975)
They do.
Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by myrandomcomment on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:46PM (#27270083)
I do not think that Apple is maintaining a full GA level release cycle testing and release planning for a version of IOS that can allow 3rd party apps. The key here is the RELEASE TO GA.

Of course they have internal builds that are signed and allow you to do whatever they want internally, but having a shipping GA with the normal protects and support for all the work and validations that would go into supporting 3rd party installations.

Your resume says you where an Intern at Apple, so I am sure you are correct in the fact that they have an unlocked internal build, however my points are valid about the difference between that and a GA PRODUCTION release.

Note, Apple has some pretty strict NDAs so...

Re:Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1 by saagarjha on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:59PM (#27270187)
Apple ships a build with the ability to sideload to the SRD as well. It’s of course not quite the same as a production release, but I think it’s the closest you’ll get to that.