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Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading (9to5mac.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Who would've thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU.

Article 5.3 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA): "The gatekeeper shall not prevent business users from offering the same products or services to end users through third-party online intermediation services or through their own direct online sales channel at prices or conditions that are different from those offered through the online intermediation services of the gatekeeper."

Friendly reminder that you can sideload apps without jailbreaking or paying for a dev account using TrollStore, which utilises core trust bugs to bypass/spoof some app validation keys, on a iPhone XR or newer on iOS 14.0 up to 16.6.1. (ANY version for iPhone X and older)

Install guide: Trollstore

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Steam Deck is pretty awesome in the offline gaming regard, if that's what you might be looking for.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I'd argue that there are a lot of offline mode frustrations with Steam but none of them are Steam's fault, they are all due to individual games online requirements or DRM implementations.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Uh, it's actually quite the opposite, most games you need to at least open them one time while connected to the internet for offline to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itBscLjRCPc

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

But that is not the fault of Steam Deck, which was discussed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Steam literally warns you for every game. It tells you if you need to be online once or online every time. I don't think you can blame them. If you buy games that require an online activation you can't get upset that you can't play offline.

Example games:

  • Always online

    • Singleplayer gameplay requires an active Internet connection

  • Online activation

    • This game's first-time setup requires an active Internet connection

I do wish that this wasn't hidden inside of the "Steam Deck Compatibility" section. (There is a yellow box about third-party DRM outside, but for the details you need to click the Steam Deck Compatibility box) But that is my only complaint.

Personally I just don't buy these games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

At least you can run the games in offline, even when you have to log in the first time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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