EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved

Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by capableweb on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:25AM (#32166216)

How? I've been looking for ages on how to develop iPhone applications on Linux and there is no way that doesn't involve installing Hackingtosh, either as a new OS on a partition or in a VM, or renting a Mac server somewhere, so it's not really "developing on Linux" at all.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by iasay on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:31AM (#32166285)

Um, you just create a cert in XCode, pair your device to it, load the certs onto the device and run the app on it.

You're not going to do it on a Linux box for sure as the tools aren't there but you certainly can run your own stuff on iOS. You don't have to sign up for anything either - just install XCode from the app store and build stuff.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by capableweb on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:33AM (#32166305)

Ah, I see. You completely missed the point...

> I can start writing software on Linux for iPhone, without requiring me to have a Mac

> we'll be able to develop iPhone applications from any operating system, but first Linux

> how to develop iPhone applications on Linux

^ is what I wrote, and you suggest "just install XCode from the app store"? Not sure how that's compatible.

Regardless, I hope we end with a phone that people can actually install their own software on, regardless of what laptops/desktop computer they own.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by iasay on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:35AM (#32166325)

That's never going to happen and I'd rather Apple spent money on something else other than make it happen.

The issue is you don't have a Mac and that's really your problem, not theirs.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by HelloNurse on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:28AM (#32167179)

Random anecdote: if you don't pay 99€ yearly for your developer subscription Apple revokes your certificates and disables your apps on the Apple app store. Your problem indeed.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by iasay on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:55PM (#32169665)

You don't have to pay Apple to deploy to your own device. I don't have a developer subscription. You only have to pay the 99€ to access the store and provisioning.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by bpye on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:03PM (#32174099)

Your certs only last 7 days and IIRC you can only deploy 3 apps if you don't pay the 99$/year though.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by HelloNurse on Thursday July 21, 2022 @03:10AM (#32176628)

Installation from an app store has become a reasonable customer expectation for most kinds of smartphone/tablet software.

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