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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by autoexec on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:15PM (#39780553)
> Or any nintendo or playstation or xbox. I can't just sideload games into any of them either

Homebrew is a thing, and you should be able to use whatever software you want on a device that you paid for. I have no doubt that there are people who own an iphone and wish they could have a different browser, or wish they could use a game streaming app.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by sleepybrett on Thursday March 21, 2024 @06:28PM (#39785214)
They absolutely can. I can compile and install anything i want on my iphone, have to have a dev account is all. Also i think there are still iphone jailbreaks to be had.
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