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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    10 months ago

    Yes. The openess of the operating system is meaningless if the phone’s firmware isn’t open.

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      10 months ago

      It’s open source so that anyone can manufacture a phone for it (good for business), not so you could install whatever you want on the hardware (bad for business)…