Where is the Linux ARM equivalent laptop? When I read about Pine laptops, it never seems like they tout the amazing performance like the M1.
Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1
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Re: Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some privacy features are in the OS, but others aren’t. For example, Facebook probably doesn’t like having users see the privacy label in the App Store. It’s kind of embarrassing. Also, if Facebook could sideload, they could use restricted APIs and entitlements that the App Store would not permit.
> Facebook probably doesn’t like having users see the privacy label in the App Store. It’s kind of embarrassing. What’s more embarrassing, that label in the App Store, or a big scary warning that says something to the effect of “This software has not been confirmed safe by Apple. It is not guaranteed to work properly, and may be a SCAM, VIRUS, or other MALWARE. By installing this application YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR DEVI…
If your cousin or your friend or your techie son tell you that that app is just fine and then it tells you that warning for everything, it becomes the boy who cried Wolf.
Plus, even that is less embarrassing than Facebook listing every single thing they track about you.
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#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you do that, guess what Fortnite would do right now. Guess what Facebook would do to get around Apple’s privacy restrictions right now. Guess what a ex-boyfriend would do right now to install a blocked spying app. For better or worse, the App Store being the exclusive way into the iPhone forces third parties to deal. Otherwise, they just tell the user to make the choice for them. If you even listen to interviews w…
>If you do that, guess what Fortnite would do right now. Guess what Facebook would do to get around Apple’s privacy restrictions right now. Guess what a ex-boyfriend would do right now to install a blocked spying app. I guess I don't get your point, if a user wants to sideload fortnite or facebook, good for them? If an ex-boyfriend has your phone and your password you've probably got bigger issues than whether or not…
I think their point is the users would not get the choice to "want" to sideload. Fornite, Facebook, etc would pull themselves from the App Store and be sideload-only. Forcing users to choose between the security of their device, or their favorite games and social media apps.
Re: Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1
#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
> many of us don’t want our iPads or iPhones to be like our computers And many of us do . I would never buy a locked-down piece of hardware like that. But I don't think it matters either way what either side wants, because it's what Apple wants that matters. They want to keep their walled garden's walls air tight, and there are apparently enough people that are OK living in that garden that it works. I'm positive tha…
Like everything in technology, you have a choice. If you want openness at the expense of security and privacy, you can purchase an Android or Windows device. If you want security and privacy more than openness, you buy an iPhone. The Hacker News crowd is unique in that we want to have our cake and eat it too by making the iPhone work more like Android and expressing outrage that such a choice exists. So even though I…
Philosophically I agree with you, but I also have kids, and I’ve seen the wild west that is the Play Store.
Admittedly, the same problems exist on the App Store, but not to the same why-even-try level of anything goes.
The amount of kids apps, that are marketed as kids apps, certified as age appropriate, then contain ads for zombie gorefest horror was enough to make me give up trying with Android entirely.
I have every confidence Google will eventually address this (if they haven’t already in the intervening years).
In the meantime while I dislike how restrictive iOS is I’ve begrudgingly come to accept that I need it that way, at least until my kids are older.
That said, it's not clear if Apple will win or lose this Epic suit, so who knows what happens after that if they do?
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#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple’s blanket ban on interpreted code is not arbitrary. It is there to prevent apps circumventing the review process and security model ie. apps pretending to do X during the review process and then doing Y when in use or obfuscating their use of private APIs. Now you can argue these restrictions are unreasonable but many of us don’t want our iPads or iPhones to be like our computers.
That restriction is already circumvented with e.g. React Native though, or any kind of webview - companies can change their whole apps without a re-review. They MIGHT get called out for it if someone reports it, but in theory it's very possible.
Sure; but the WebView component is Apple’s own secured little space, and it seems to be a fairly secure little sandbox.
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#166Wow, that frames per watt graph is an eye opener for sure. What an incredible advancement in mobile computing.
Whilst very impressive, it's a bit exaggerated, they should have been locked to the same framerate for comparison: * 9900k is boosting to 5ghz which is sacrificing efficiency. * 9900k PC is delivering a much higher framerate, so it'd also have much higher GPU utilisation. * Afaik RTX3090 will have high power draw even at low utilisation (large card, lots of memory). From anandtech: >Should users be interested, in our…
Well that actually shows how impressive the M1 is because it hits faster CPU than the 9900k at 5ghz using only 10W-20W total.
And GPU it's much faster than the Intel integrated.
Re: Temptation of the Apple: Dolphin on macOS M1
#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
> many of us don’t want our iPads or iPhones to be like our computers And many of us do . I would never buy a locked-down piece of hardware like that. But I don't think it matters either way what either side wants, because it's what Apple wants that matters. They want to keep their walled garden's walls air tight, and there are apparently enough people that are OK living in that garden that it works. I'm positive tha…
Like everything in technology, you have a choice. If you want openness at the expense of security and privacy, you can purchase an Android or Windows device. If you want security and privacy more than openness, you buy an iPhone. The Hacker News crowd is unique in that we want to have our cake and eat it too by making the iPhone work more like Android and expressing outrage that such a choice exists. So even though I…
I still dont get how people pretend Apple cares about privacy.
By default Apple devices phone home and collect data on you, and this is not optional, and they will hand that data to law enforcement. They also have the ability to change their data handling policieson a whim since there is nobody holding them accountable. THIS IS NOT PRIVACY.
Not that windows or android devices are better as they come out of the box, but at least any computer that runs windows can run linux where you have full control, and certain android phones can be rooted/unlocked and flashed with custom roms without google or run firewall apps to block outgoing data.
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#168It's clear AS is a great advancement in general computing, but every piece like this reads as "the hardware is amazing, and it's totally worth it to work around these arbitrary software restrictions". This performance would've been available on iPads years ago if it wasn't for Apple's blanket ban on JIT and the likes. Apple is one of those companies whose hardware I'd love to have if it wasn't for their software and…
Apple’s blanket ban on interpreted code is not arbitrary. It is there to prevent apps circumventing the review process and security model ie. apps pretending to do X during the review process and then doing Y when in use or obfuscating their use of private APIs. Now you can argue these restrictions are unreasonable but many of us don’t want our iPads or iPhones to be like our computers.
Anything a JIT can circumvent an interpreter can circumvent just fine (albeit slower)
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Apple sells $20-30 billion worth of iPads each year. > I think they might just survive without your business. The parent post makes some the argument that the restrictive nature of iOS makes it unappealing to certain users. You counter that with a discussion-ending argument about how much money Apple makes. Not everything that makes billions of dollars is immune to criticism. Especially since Apple markets the iPad…
> makes it unappealing to certain users. You counter that with a discussion-ending argument about how much money Apple makes. For a business that makes it's money from consumer spending habits, I think this is a perfectly valid argument. Apple isn't a utility company or something the users are locked in to. If they decided openness was more important, why are they still buying so many iPhones?
Obviously I don't have exact numbers, but I am absolutely sure the huge majority of people buy iPhone because it is iPhone, and they have zero idea about this whole openness vs security debate. Apple won the market with marketing, not with proving that openness doesn't matter
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not available in 2011.
It was available starting in 2010. It was also possible to backup and restore apps individually through iTunes.
Perhaps I have the date wrong, then?
I do remember the individual app backup+restore, which I would have done if I'd known that I was going to need it. But I didn't have any data I cared about (just my music, which was already in iTunes), so I figured I'd just reinstall the apps. I remember re-jailbreaking my iPod afterwards and trying to find an old version of Spotify to install online, but being unable to find a trustworthy source.