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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading (9to5mac.com)
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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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[โ€“] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] giggling_engine@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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)...