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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by amelius on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:41PM (#43017364)
Why would alternatives be any better? It is clearly in the vendor's interest to lock down their platforms. Or are you talking about an open source alternative?
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by EA-3167 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:52PM (#43017510)
I was thinking about Android, or Librem, or jailbreaking.
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by talldayo on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:48PM (#43019366)
I hope you don't consider Apple's acquiescence to government surveillance tyranny then. After all, you've got so many options like Android, Librem or jailbreaking.
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by EA-3167 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:58PM (#43019471)
The government using the power of the law to invade the privacy of its citizens, against the overwhelming preference of its citizens and international human rights norms... is abusive. It isn't tyranny on its own, but it should be avoided.

Not liking how a company provides a service, when there are other companies providing the same service? That's not tyranny. That's not like a government threatening you with jail or violence.

If you think it is then the time has come, IMO, to log off for a while and get back in touch with the world outside of the internet and tech.

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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by talldayo on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:30PM (#43020729)
My bad, I'll come back in 4 years when you lot are begging for safe alternatives.
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by EA-3167 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:37PM (#43020776)
How many years have you been saying that for?
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by talldayo on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:47PM (#43020848)
12 years give or take. Now the shoe is on the other foot and people want their rights back, it's delicious. Europe was right all along.
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App by jillyboel on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @01:13PM (#43028046)
you do realize the eu is the reason apple is allowing sideloading to begin with, right?
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