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Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo by dmix on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @10:02PM (#33811797)
I'm sorry... You think Facebook would start a mass campaign to disable the warranty/support contracts of millions of their iPhone users by walking them through a very complicated technical process... To achieve what exactly? Download an app the same person could get using the app store?

The media would have a field day at Facebooks expense. Why would Apple even let them on the app store if they did something so stupid?

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Re:Spotify CEO renews attack on Apple after Musk's salvo by snowwrestler on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:11PM (#33812228)
Facebook already abused the limited side loading available on iPhones to trick teenagers into installing spyware. The media did have a field day, and Apple pulled their enterprise certificate.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-b...

This isn’t even a hypothetical, it really happened. And yet people still have a hard time believing Facebook (and other companies) would abuse iPhone side loading if given a chance. Of course they would!

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