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Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says

(arstechnica.com)
380 points rezonant | 1 comments | 30 Apr 24 04:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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kevingadd ◴[30 Apr 24 05:35 UTC] No.40207559[source]▶
I'm genuinely surprised by this. I figured the differences between tablets and phones, combined with Apple's efforts to distinguish between 'iPadOS' and 'iOS', would be enough to get them a win on this point. If the shared app store is part of the problem I wonder if that makes it a liability for any new apple ecosystem to tie into the App Store, like Vision OS for example.
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rsynnott ◴[30 Apr 24 09:11 UTC] No.40208796[source]▶
> combined with Apple's efforts to distinguish between 'iPadOS' and 'iOS', would be enough to get them a win on this point

I mean, regulators aren't stupid; just because Apple rebranded iOS on iPads to 'iPadOS' a few years ago, presumably seeing the writing on the wall, you shouldn't expect the EC to go "oh, well, the company we're regulating _says_ it's a different thing, so it must be a different thing".

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1. shuckles ◴[30 Apr 24 10:32 UTC] No.40209370[source]▶
If this is your logic, then you must believe regulators are stupid because the EC indeed recognized iPadOS as a distinct platform. In addition, the insinuation that Apple diverged iOS and iPadOS six years ago in anticipation of legislation that would not be submitted for another year and a half requires more evidence than you provide.