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Japan prepares regulation requiring Apple to allow sideloading (9to5mac.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yep, it's unfortunate that manufacturers are taking more and more control away from users. That's why open-source software like Linux is so important, you can do anything you want to with it.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Back in the old days, Android OS used to be Open Source. You can still get firmware built up from the last release, such as CalyxOS, but in order to install it you have to buy directly from Google with the Bootloader Unlocked as a feature.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Not really. Fairphone also has the Bootloader unlocked.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are Fairphones feasible right now if one wants to play even intense games like emulating PS2 or Switch?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Idk. Give me your Emulator and i'll try it for you

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No shit, really? You're the man.

    The emulator is called AetherSX2.

    Now, for ROMs... I'd gladly share the link for one here on Lemmy, but idk if I'd be violating any rules

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I' m sorry, bu you're going to have to send me the links for the bios, game etc.

    I really don't think it's against any rules here.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    God of War (PS2) - ROM Bios files should be all these here.

    Sorry for the long wait, holiday periods are a mess for me.

    EDIT: I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work straightaway. I was reading into the comments, and it seems emulating PS2 is a bit of a hassle, specially since there are different behaviors for this specific emulator depending on the version.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    God I miss the old days of android...the OG droid, everything was unlockable, no fuckery. Google hadn't yet slowly started adding data collection by ways of slowing moving functionality away from the core AOSP.

    It still is open source, btw. But they're just intentionally choking it to death. They've recently announced they're not going to maintain the open source PHONE APP...FOR THEIR PHONES....for christ sake. They've even had a new replacement OS in the works for a couple years.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The old version of Android OS is still open source, but the new versions of Android OS are NOT open source, and I think that's an important distinction to make because otherwise we might accidentally pander or market to people who put faith in that sort of thing.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah Android is Linux. But Manufactures are limiting it so hard that it is sometimes nearly impossible to get a custom ROM on the phone.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah but unfortunately with Android it's what Google wants and not what the end-user wants. That's why Linux itself is very important, the user gets to decide what they want to do with it.

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