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• HeyLow@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Apple only allows 3rd party stores in the EU*

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  • doleo@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah and even then, the compliance is malicious

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And Google is about to copy it worldwide

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  • ryper@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s gone beyond the EU. Brazil access to got third party app stores last week and

    Apple has already allowed alternative app stores and/or third-party payment systems on iOS in the EU, Japan, and South Korea, and it will likely be forced to do so in the UK and Australia too, due to similar regulations in those countries.

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    • xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Everywhere except Freedom Land™

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      • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        For now, this is just the start and when apple is forced to do it in enough regions, they will have to relent.

        I hope my next iPhone will be open like this and have a desktop mode when docked.

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• de_lancre@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There were a case back in the days of PS3, where sony removed ability to run linux from new versions of console. They were sued and lost, but still decided to pay the fine, rather than returning functionality.

  The main issue as I see it, is that they sell consoles as cheap as possible (previously they even sold them at a loss) and then return such investment by selling you games and subscription. By opening ability to install linux, not only they will loss profit from upper mentioned part on existing devices, but there a chance people will start buying PS5 to use as a regular desktop or general server or whatever, due to being simply cheapest prebuild option available for such specs. Same point was rised by Valve actually, they too was afraid that if they start selling gabebox at loss, people will buy them for anything, but playing games.

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    gabebox

    It’s the Gabecube.

    Yes, that video is 14 years old.

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• dmalteseknight@programming.dev ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I mean their tablets/phones are still locked to ios.

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