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WhatsApp on iPad

rui no onna

rui no onna

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Digitalguy said:
I did it once when I got my mini 4 from my ex girlfriend (we swapped iPads, I gave her the air and she gave me the mini 4). But I have never created a separate Apple ID myself. What would be the advantage for betas?
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I think at one time, Apple was making changes to Photos, Reminders, Notes, etc. on iCloud along with the new iOS firmware. Having a separate account means the beta won't affect or break compatibility of these services on my primary devices.
 
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Digitalguy

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lozion said:
Article says both? 🤔
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Article doesn't know. The EU obliges Apple to do sideloading only for iPhone, not for iPad, since iPad is not part of the gatekeeper status. So it's up to Apple, and just like Apple is limiting it to the 27 EU countries they have no obligation to extend it to iPad (since they thecnically have a different OS, iPadOS)
 
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Digitalguy said:
Article doesn't know. The EU obliges Apple to do sideloading only for iPhone, not for iPad, since iPad is not part of the gatekeeper status. So it's up to Apple, and just like Apple is limiting it to the 27 EU countries they have no obligation to extend it to iPad (since they thecnically have a different OS, iPadOS)
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link?
 
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lozion said:
link?
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ec.europa.eu

Digital Markets Act: Commission designates six gatekeepers

The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers, under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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"In addition, the Commission has opened a market investigation to further assess whether Apple's iPadOS should be designated as gatekeeper, despite not meeting the thresholds. Under the DMA, this investigation should be completed within a maximum of 12 months."

At this point Apple has no obligation
 
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To be fair WhatsApp/Meta is a tiny company with limited resources unlike Signal which has a whopping 100 employees (and has had an iPad app for ages) 😆
 
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minimo3 said:
To be fair WhatsApp/Meta is a tiny company with limited resources unlike Signal which has a whopping 100 employees (and has had an iPad app for ages) 😆
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Zuck hates Apple beacuse of the Ask not to track so they will always favor Android
 
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kaardowiq said:
I guess then this feature ist not important enough for you to deal with this ;)
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It's also because I have alternatives, for now I am using a Surface go 2 M3 LTE, I can also use my Tab S9 5G, which has whatsapp, but the day whatsapps comes to iPad I'll move back to iPad...
 
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