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Re:Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice” by spacechild1 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:44AM (#27617270)
> Transfer arbitrary files over usb without iTunes?

This is one of my biggest gripes with the iPhone. Why do consumers put up with this?

Re:Apple exec: “Sideloading in this case is eliminating choice” by mhh__ on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:49PM (#27623554)
I think the answer is usually that Apple are very sneaky in how they brand things (even small things) so the conversation is usually "I can do anything you can do on an Android" "What about [this]" "Oh I don't do that", and for an example of the branding point - the M1 is very very nice, but one of the reason it feels extremely fast is because people are upgrading from more than half-a-decade old hardware because Apple don't really make any distinction beyond the number after the i