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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by amelius on Sunday June 02, 2024 @06:26AM (#40552952)
Since I cannot install stuff from a third party on my iPhone without paying Apple (unless Apple says I can), it is clear that I don't own my phone. So it seems fair that Apple then is the one paying for the efforts of getting FOSS support on their device.
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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by ElFitz on Sunday June 02, 2024 @07:40AM (#40553271)
> Since I cannot install stuff from a third party on my iPhone without paying Apple (unless Apple says I can)

Today, that’s only partially true, finally, depending on where in the world you live.

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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by cqqxo4zV46cp on Sunday June 02, 2024 @06:40AM (#40553015)
Thankfully, you and Apple aren’t the only two choices here. That’s the thing about open source, isn’t it? Someone else is free to go and do it. And they are. The system is working as it should.
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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by Aaargh20318 on Sunday June 02, 2024 @06:51AM (#40553063)
> Since I cannot install stuff from a third party on my iPhone without paying Apple

That’s weird. When I browse the App Store it’s full of free apps.

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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by amelius on Sunday June 02, 2024 @06:56AM (#40553083)
You stopped reading at "(unless Apple says I can)"
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Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform by LoFiSamurai on Monday June 03, 2024 @11:54AM (#40563918)
That’s a weird way to say the developer decided to provide it for free
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