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Re:iOS on QEMU by run-types on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:03AM (#28551919)
WOW! That's insane. If made efficiently enough, you could emulate iOS on a non-iOS mobile device. That would be disruptive.
Re:iOS on QEMU by unix_fan on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:08AM (#28551990)
And also very easy to brake on apple's end.
Re:iOS on QEMU by lostgame on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:19AM (#28552935)
Only for future releases. If it works currently for iOS 12, it'll keep working for those builds of iOS 12. I fail to see how Apple can break what already works for code they can't/won't change.
Re:iOS on QEMU by gjsman-1000 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:51PM (#28558813)
No - like, Apple sends a DMCA complaint or legal complaints to the project and the developers saying to shut it down or they'll bring in the lawyers.
Re:iOS on QEMU by kingofclams on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:35PM (#28559653)
DMCA what? I don’t see anything wrong with emulation.
Re:iOS on QEMU by amelius on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:47PM (#28559733)
That won't work in large parts of the world, like China.
Re:iOS on QEMU by atatatat on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:01PM (#28558913)
Pirate Bay
Re:iOS on QEMU by smoldesu on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:05PM (#28556781)
They have the power to disable your OS remotely for any reason. I think it's safe to say that ship has sailed.
Re:iOS on QEMU by vegetablepotpie on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:09AM (#28552012)
Could give the librem 5 or PinePhone a big boost. But it would not help with battery life.
Re:iOS on QEMU by mattl on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:43AM (#28552450)
I think the number of people who have a Librem phone but want to run iOS on it is basically zero.
Re:iOS on QEMU by markstos on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:47AM (#28552500)
Wrong. There are people who would like hardware kill switches but are required to run either iOS or Android apps for work. With iOS in a VM, you could truly "log out of work" and shutdown that part of your phone when not needed without carrying a second work-specific device.
Re:iOS on QEMU by atatatat on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:02PM (#28558922)
With a $150 GrapheneOS Pixel for things that matter, you could shut the other phone off and truly "shut off work".
Re:iOS on QEMU by mattl on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:47PM (#28559302)
Yep. Just buy an anything-shitty Android phone in 7-11 and use that
Re:iOS on QEMU by mattl on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:04PM (#28556769)
And they would not want to do that on a Librem phone. Librem phone is for the tiny subset of people who want a computer with a free BIOS as well as a fully-free Linux distro like PureOS.