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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading (9to5mac.com)
submitted 1 year 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] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep, it's unfortunate that manufacturers are taking more and more control away from users. That's why open-source software like Linux is so important, you can do anything you want to with it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah Android is Linux. But Manufactures are limiting it so hard that it is sometimes nearly impossible to get a custom ROM on the phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but unfortunately with Android it's what Google wants and not what the end-user wants. That's why Linux itself is very important, the user gets to decide what they want to do with it.