Eu have food standards, and work on it. For example we have less sugar in EU compared to USA, but this is likely a national interest when you pay for the free healthcare.
But it’s a difference tho.
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EU Provisionally Agrees on Law That Would Force Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability
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But it’s a difference tho.
Can't wait for VMware to release an iPad version of Fusion Player - which would not have been accepted by Apple - and then load macOS. Et voilà, iPadOS and macOS (with keyboard and mouse of course) on the same iPad. Problem solved.
I may wait for long though... ?
I may wait for long though... ?
Not claiming you will be forced. Just provide the option to keep the phone locked down like today. What's wrong with that as it is more choice than less. If you want it open, you can do it; if you don't you can open it up and sideload, etc.. No one would force anyone to do anything on either side of the argument.
I would be very leery of a government mandated encryption standard as whose to say tehre isn't a back door for tehir purpose?
I wouldn't bet on that.
Probably. Apple could simply implement hardware locks to prevent running MacOS on an iPad should they decide to do that.
If it's a toggle to allow additional sideloading - note that you can side load today, then what matter is it?
It's not as if it's threatening the system.
Messaging interoperability is just a terrible idea. If a developer has a new messaging innovation, one that isn’t interoperable with current standards, they won’t be able to sell it in the European market. Some times feel good regs do more harm than good. The App Store thing too. Apple can technically make it work, but they’ll have to make it clear they aren’t responsible for data loss. If a customer uses a 3rd party App Store, and they mess up their phone, all an Apple store can do is wipe it. People will get angry, but it’ll be their own doing.
I wouldn't rely on iCloud data backing up for apps. It's already a hit and miss for a lot of cases.
So you are assuming they would deliberately not meet standard. Why would they not meet a standard we don’t have defined or potentially developed yet.
I always restore from iCloud. I’ve never once had an issue. I’ve helped people who have had issues find older backups to restore from if one gets corrupted. But that’s rare AF
Ah you're restoring from iCloud and not using iCloud as a data storage location. They are two different things.
Then it's not a level playing field - which is why we should *rightly* call Apple out for the lack respect for those standards.
A huge portion utilize iCloud in at least one of the following ways:
1) backup app data
2) sync app data across devices
3) store data directly on Drive
Some of my apps do have their own independent syncing, but not many
If you're needing to sync data across devices, then a state file in iCloud Drive isn't the best idea, sure you can do it.
But that's besides the point - the entitlement isn't tied to the App Store, it's only that, an entitlement.
Why would they? They don’t want 3rd party stores, why would they make it easy? Nobody has given them a good reason to do so.