3d ago

A Brazilian judge gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS in Brazil, saying the “limitations” imposed by Apple on developers could deter new competitors.

valorinternational.globo.com Circuit court reinstates antitrust ruling against Apple

Federal Regional Court of 1st Region gives company 90 days to implement app market changes ordered by CADE

The Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF-1) has overturned a trial ruling and reinstated an injunction imposed by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) on Apple, as part of an investigation into alleged abuse of dominant position in the app distribution market for iOS devices. According to the ruling, the company will have 90 days to implement the changes mandated by the antitrust authority.

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3d ago

A Brazilian judge gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS in Brazil, saying the “limitations” imposed by Apple on developers could deter new competitors.

valorinternational.globo.com /law/news/2025/03/06/circuit-court-reinstates-antitrust-ruling-against-apple.ghtml

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I don't want to sideload anything on my iPhone.
- Well you don't have to, but it's always good to have options
  
  More freedom would be to choose the phone you want and sideload whatever you want to it.
  
  This is how brain-broken capitalism has made people... The concept of an effective government actually regulating a company and forcing them to spend more money to do the thing they should be doing is just completely foreign to you.
  
  That's the whole point, to force iPhone to also have freedom.
  Android is becoming less free every year; the more Apple gets away with, the closer Android/Google will drift towards it.
  "iPhone vs Android" is the wrong battle
  It's "Us & Gov. vs Apple & Google & Gov"
  
  What's the problem? Should those features only be available to people who know about jailbreaking? It seems like the pressure caused Apple to actually spend some money to add useful features that people obviously wanted. What's the bad thing here?
  
  Didn't jailbreaking pretty much die because apple made it really hard?
  
  Yeah, and last I heard (a few years ago) anything running apple M# chips is not jailbreakable.
- then don't.
  it's not something your being forced to do. it's the lifting of an unnecessary restriction that in turn gives you more power on your device.
  
  If they don't then they might lose the Brazilian market and who knows what comes after. It's less about what Apple wants to do and more about what they might be forced to do.
  
  It costs them nothing. Sideloading on iOS is already a thing, they spend more restricting the hell out of it than just letting you do it
  
  You're right, at what cost..?
  
  Windows and Mac OS are both closed source but both allow apps outside an app store. No issue with the code base there.
- I want to sideload things on my iPhone. Hopefully we’ll both be able to do what we want.

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