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Yeah, haha. This is not FUD: try to do the same on iOS.
Yeah I do it nearly everyday. You can side load all you want with a developer account.
>with a developer account
Thanks, you missed the point.
What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine?
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#312It's important to understand that we could genuinely lose general purpose computing. I don't think it's in serious danger at the moment, but we've been in the midst of a slide in that direction for the last 10-15 years. Part of it is mobile phones, part of it is TPM, part of it is market forces. The latest turn is strictly political. We've really foolishly built the technology necessary for authoritarianism just a fe…
If you've ever looked at the plans for Absolute Zero 2050, they predict a world with no shipping or commercial air travel, among many other restrictions. That sort of thing could only be implemented under an authoritarian government. I think that's where all this is coming from.
Re: What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine?
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Yeah I do it nearly everyday. You can side load all you want with a developer account.
>with a developer account Thanks, you missed the point.
I said the thread is FUD because essential tooling is baked into the OS that invalidates the central thesis of the thread. Your response was, “haha ok now try that on a separate platform that requires a well known upfront premium to circumvent binary integrity protection, because consequences are much more significant, lolz”. And I responded with “yes, confirmed circumvention possible after paying small fee”.
Or were you saying something else that I misunderstood?
Re: What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine?
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>with a developer account Thanks, you missed the point.
I said the thread is FUD because essential tooling is baked into the OS that invalidates the central thesis of the thread. Your response was, “haha ok now try that on a separate platform that requires a well known upfront premium to circumvent binary integrity protection, because consequences are much more significant, lolz”. And I responded with “yes, confirmed circumvention possible after paying small fee”. Or were…
The point is, you do not have control over your own device and need permission - after paying a fee - to do things freely with your own device.