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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by threeseed on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:39PM (#35692918)
iOS didn't start with side-loading. Do you have a source for this ?
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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by anonymouskimmer on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:49PM (#35693070)
What mullingtover refers to.
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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by judge2020 on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:51PM (#35693101)
The first App Store was Cydia. Technically side-loading with how Apple failed to predict the dedication of breaking the (trivial, at the time) security to add more native apps to the home screen. https://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/debian-style-installatio...
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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by simondotau on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:47AM (#35698700)
Poor security wasn't a feature.
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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by anonymouskimmer on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @01:17PM (#35717068)
Did removing this "bug" make things any more secure than, say, welding the bios chip to a motherboard?
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