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  • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
    212·
    9 months ago

    I do wonder what they mean with “operating systems”. If they legislate that iPhones should allow operating systems besides iOS to be installed, that would be huge. Android, Linux, or BSD on an iPhone… imagine!

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    • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I personally can’t wait for open sourcing of mobile drivers / driver apis. That will finally allow stuff like turning off phone components for Linux mobile system and not have gyro for some specific phones.

    • Xatolos@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Most likely it means what the OS allows and won’t allow. In this case, it will focus on iOS and allowing you to install software without using the app store (3rd party stores)