Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by Apocryphon on Friday September 29, 2023 @01:55PM
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They would have to rent for longer than that, per the SLA:
https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSVentura.pdf
> 3. Leasing for Permitted Developer Services.
(ii) each lease period must be for a minimum period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours;
It also depends on whether auto-signing qualifies as a Permitted Developer Service, which sounds like it might-
> (B) Permitted Developer Services means continuous integration services, including but not limited to software development, building software from source, automated testing during software development, and running necessary developer tools to support such activities.
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by shuckles on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:38PM
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Great, 52 hours of rent a year! Marginal cost is approaching $1/yr. Still very cheap welfare if you think this kind of thing is a human rights violation.
I'd be happy if the EU deemed these terms unenforceable. That sounds like it could allow for real innovation.
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by Apocryphon on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:47PM
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TestFlight was born out of sidestepping an onerous app provisioning process, so you are unironically correct. Would be nice if the EU weighed in on behalf of Corellium as well.
2. So like I said: being able to run whatever software you want for more than a week at a time without having to click a button is the human right? Is that so?
2+3. I propose you start a human rights defending company that rents people a Mac Mini in the cloud for a minute a week and auto-signs any locally signed apps. All the necessary API already exists, and the marginal cost is in the cents. Cheapest welfare ever!