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FlyingSquid , to news in Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today
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The first one who emerges says, “whatever you do, do not trap anyone up there with Elon Musk.”

JustARaccoon , to technology in Epic says that Apple has accepted its third-party app store

The fact apple gets to decide which app stores are allowed and which aren’t kind of defeats the point of this decentralisation attempt

helenslunch ,
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The point is to defeat the point.

Realitaetsverlust ,

The point ist to not buy an iPhone. Buy Hardware that supports your rights, not hardware that actively fights it.

sorghum ,
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Yes, but Apple is an industry leader. If they get away with it, other companies will do the same

sugar_in_your_tea ,

And put software on that hardware that preserves your rights. I use GrapheneOS on a Pixel, and there are ROMs for other hardware as well:

  • LineageOS
  • CalyxOS
  • /e/OS

Each has tradeoffs, but the point is to pick something you control and force apps to meet you where you are. If enough people do that, app developers will accommodate them.

Realitaetsverlust ,

Exactly this. People need to Start take responsibility for their purchases. Getting graphene to run on a supporte device is literally doable via a web browser.

helenslunch ,
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No, I don’t think Apple’s intention is to convince consumers not to purchase their products…

themurphy ,

I think you read it wrong then. It just says that Apple has accepted it, not that they decide.

It is EU who makes the rules. This just implies that Apple is on board or have been forced to do so.

If Apple had denied, it would break the rules laid upon them.

kevindqc ,

Well they had denied, because the placement of the Install button was too similar to where it is in their own store 🙄, and changed course to temporarily approve it.

JustARaccoon ,

The fact apple has the option to accept or deny a third party store means they get to decide what third party stores are allowed on their device. The spirit of the law that the EU punished them for would say that apple should not have any say in what the users install on their devices, similar to how Aptoide, f-droid, and other third party app stores exist on android without requiring Google’s approval. Apple is just doing all they can to comply to the smallest legal degree they can to make as much money as possible from the waiting period between EU wristslaps.

NotMyOldRedditName , (edited )

All iOS apps on the app store need app approval. It’s the same for Googles app store, and I bet Samsungs and Amazon’s as well.

They test your app and make sure it functions and meets some basic guidelines.

The EU isn’t giving 3rd party stores carte blanche to break the rules, so yes apple has to approve it.

I imagine there’s probably some extra rules just for app stores, but if that’s the case (I don’t know) they’d need to be reasonable or they’d get in trouble.

I am curious though if apple can enforce rules on what apps go on the 3rd party store.

Edit: lots of edits for clarity, but also, apple appears to be being a dick in the process of approving this and abusing their position.

JustARaccoon ,

That’s just an excuse imo, it’s the exact thing apple is known for, using fine print to be an asshole

ansiz , to news in Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today

Coming soon, Elon will do this same experiment but charge people for the experience of pretending to live on Mars. Fanboys would eat it up.

A_Random_Idiot ,

like those idiots that spent 10 grand on a 48 hour “alpha male” course.

grrgyle , to news in Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today

That’s cool, and not to sound vapid but, triangles on the lapels…? I know it’s inversed, etc etc, but it still scans oddly, to my eyes at least…

athairmor ,

They’re dressed like they expect the mothership to arrive any minute which is sort of appropriate for people pretending to be on Mars.

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