It should be illegal for hardware manufacturers to hardcode public keys and hostnames into devices such that the end user can't change them.
It should be illegal for hardware manufacturers to hardcode public keys and hostnames into devices such that the end user can't change them.
> What is wrong, however, is Apple's insistence on approving every single instruction iOS devices run
Why in the world would I trust any of the instructions YOU or ANYONE else have written?
I as a customer don’t care if iOS app developers don’t make any money, sorry I already have all the apps I need and you’ll find other work. As such, I would be ok with iOS sideloading, but only for GPL software. Because otherwise, what other recourse do I as a customer have to trust YOUR instructions?
I have tolerated arbitrary instructions on my desktop/ laptop for 20 years and consistently been bitten by it. There is a reason I no longer do anything important (barring work e.g. banking, email, etc) on my laptop.