they could but it would harm a lot of organic growth since they rely on content being easily shared.

i don’t think they will do chrome only as that would be anticompetitive

we should go easy on soulja boy, he probably just needs to get money to pay his sexual assault settlement https://apnews.com/article/soulja-boy-verdict-trial-49900aea50a965d457890db8c19702e8

titanium backup has been made obsolete by swift backup

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If we’re talking about loading apps - as in the subject of this post - pretty much exactly the same. Registered developer account, a walled garden ecosystem, etc.

they’re not the same at all. even after this registration change fully rolls out it will still be much easier to sideload apks on android than ipa on ios.

you cannot distribute updates at all on ios without their review and there’s no ability to sideload with random apps. you can now and still can easily do this on android especially for registered businesses that do sideloading.

i work professionally releasing on both platforms and it’s so much easier releasing to production vs apple who suddenly rejected future updates until i changed the screenshots to fit their aesthetic.

they’re not “pretty much exactly the same” for developers nor consumers.

it would have to get much worse in order for an android enthusiast to move to a worse platform for developers.

they would rather go full linux than ios

can i a(i)db on iphone to permanently install applications?

That is true, but rooted devices, non-certfied android devices, and adb still allows users to sideload without restriction though the direction is concerning.

Unfair competition: The DMA’s rules only apply to Apple, even though Samsung is the smartphone market leader in Europe, and Chinese companies are growing fast. Apple has led the way in building a unique, innovative ecosystem that others have copied — to the benefit of users everywhere. But instead of rewarding that innovation, the DMA singles Apple out while leaving our competitors free to continue as they always have.

I don’t get this? isn’t samsung android based which allows sideloading by defaul?

If you’re on pc you’re better off using the original and surreal 98 to play in UE 5 with modern textures lighting and vr support less than $20

gotta keep the kids safe from pinterest lmao

besides input lag, and motion blur

you can use adb without unlocking bootloader

The few beneficiaries of social media include criminals. Drug dealers “reach teens on Snapchat they would never encounter in real life”

lol what? no they meet at school or on the block. how are they going to pick up the drugs?

I like the quests more than skyrim

age verification for social media is usually handled by a 3rd party.

that also exists too

OpenAI has become a load-bearing company for the tech industry, both as a narrative — as previously discussed, ChatGPT is the only Large Language Model company with any meaningful userbase

I guess this is true if we ignore Google which is more than a LLM company since that can pre-install gemini on half of people’s devices and everyone interacts with using gsuite.

It’s certainly mismanaged. I haven’t paid for anything, but the single player stuff seems to be coming together, though I remember not being blown away by anything I saw.

I think the release for the single player game is clearly in sight with the 1 hour demo they showed last year.

yes, absolutely. plently of programmers here with various agendas