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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading (9to5mac.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading::As the Digital Markets Act antitrust law passed in the European Union, Apple has until March 2024 to let users...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I do wonder what they mean with "operating systems". If they legislate that iPhones should allow operating systems besides iOS to be installed, that would be huge. Android, Linux, or BSD on an iPhone... imagine!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I personally can't wait for open sourcing of mobile drivers / driver apis. That will finally allow stuff like turning off phone components for Linux mobile system and not have gyro for some specific phones.