• Heil_S8N@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    try sideloading an app on your iphone without voiding your warranty and software updates.

    for tech savvy people, android has the best market for sideloaded apps. youtube revanced, modded spotify, apps that add entire new features, many more. on iPhones this market is relatively non-existent.

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      1 year ago

      You’re absolutely right on this point. I’ve known AltStore and know it’s really limited.

      Gladly, Europe’s Digital Markets Act (mostly against companies such as Apple) is changing things in the good way regarding this. It’s still infuriating laws are necessary for this.

    • Zedd_Prophecy@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Exactly this - Want to use another browser on that I phone that isn’t Safari? oh no - every other choice is just a differently skinned Safari. Don’t get me started on Apple maps. Android you can change the functionality by using any number of different launchers. I phone tech is overpriced for the feature set and you are limited to their walled garden. I would love the satellite feature and it’s only a matter of time before it’s in Anroid. The Apple ecosystem is style over function and us technically inclined people will never settle for the Fisher Price simple phone.

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      1 year ago

      Sideloading or rooting a phone does not void warranty. Although some (ie Lenovorola) makes the process of unlocking bootloader to allow a phone to load rooted or third party OS to go through their site that “voids” the warranty.

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          1 year ago

          Since when? If push comes to shove and it still boots you can DFU restore the latest supported iOS version at the price of losing your JB. Samsung trips Knox and US models haven’t had a unlocked bootloader in like 5+ years, Moto voids warranty when you request a bootloader unlock code, Pixels just complains at splash screen if you try to unlock or load a 3rd party OS, but they don’t necessarily force you to load the latest OS unlike Apple.