• Sunshine@piefed.caOP
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    2 days ago

    Apple: “Nooo bootROM will lessen our grip on our users! We can’t have people installing postmarket os. Sideloading is dangerous waaaah”

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      1 day ago

      Yeah. It’s a matter of national security for them to be able to monitor everything in their app store so they can compete against popular products

  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social
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    Physical access and obsolete tier devices means this will largely just provide a jailbreak method for older obsolete phones and some other, weirder devices.

    Someone who knows what they are doing won’t need a raspberry pi though. They just used one for their proof of concept and provided that code. Once a real jailbreak is here it will probably be as simple as plugging in a usb cable and running a program.

  • workerONE@lemmy.world
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    What’s it mean that it targets chips still running Apple’s latest iOS? If it’s the latest iOS then there isn’t a newer version available.

    Edit, I read the article. It means it’s targeting phones even though they’re running the latest iOS

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      1 day ago

      Major iOS versions regularly drop support for older models. They’re talking about phones that aren’t old enough to have had support ended yet.

  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    You’re right OP, Apple is wrong to provide the longest support lifespan in the industry realm of consumer products