Discussion

• @lapcatsoftware Jeff Johnson on x

  Whiners: “But sideloading was the best feature of M1!” Great, so Apple makes a ton of $ selling new Macs but developers make no $ having their iOS apps suddenly on Mac against the license agreement. This user attitude is why indie devs are getting driven out of business.

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  Oh this is disappointing https://9to5mac.com/...

• @samguichelaar Sam Guichelaar on x

  This was one of the best/most fun things about owning an M1. Damn you Apple. https://twitter.com/...

• @9to5mac @9to5mac on x

  Apple begins blocking M1 Mac users from side loading iPhone and iPad applications https://9to5mac.com/... by @ChanceHMiller

• @handleym99 Maynard Handley on x

  @never_released The legalities are interesting. Apple can't really argue against a developer insistence that “the app runs where we say it runs and nowhere else”... BUT

• @never_released Longhorn on x

  For iOS apps side loading not allowed on M1 anymore for apps not declaring macOS as a supported platform, know that it's a FairPlay DRM restriction. It also applies to older macOS versions. It was done under pressure from external developers.

• @tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x

  Just nuke that “feature” all together, was a bad idea to begin with. https://twitter.com/...

• @jeffbenjam Jeff Benjamin on x

  I get the reasoning, but it still stinks that this is blocked now. :-/ https://twitter.com/...

• @wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x

  wen eta https://twitter.com/...

• @macrumors @macrumors on x

  Sideloading iOS Apps No Longer Possible on M1 Macs https://www.macrumors.com/... by @julipuli https://twitter.com/...

• @chrismessina Chris Messina on x

  This is the kind of thing that might make you want to storm The Donut. “Who's Mac?! Our Mac!” “Who's Mac?! OUR MAC!” https://9to5mac.com/...

• @lapcatsoftware Jeff Johnson on x

  Apple is not free to screw over developers in this way, and neither are users. You also have a license agreement with the developer, and if you didn't buy a Mac app, you don't legally have a Mac app.

• @s1guza Siguza on x

  > Because of this, it's unlikely that a workaround will present itself in the future. I guess it's time to hook up some checkra1n'ed phones to a public key server API. @iH8sn0w where you at? https://twitter.com/...

• @lapcatsoftware Jeff Johnson on x

  There's a legal case to be made that Apple violated its own developer program agreement by allowing iOS apps to be installed on Macs without developer authorization. We could sue Apple if we wanted. I'm not going to sue because I don't have the money to sue, but if I did...

• @lapcatsoftware Jeff Johnson on x

  Legally speaking, Apple had to stop this, or get forced by the courts to do so. I don't see how it's anything other than a serious breach of contract.

• @chrismessina Chris Messina on x

  @thattridentdude “the Mac might be yours, the apps aren't, only licensed”, Kind of like we pay taxes and therefore we the people own the Capitol, but we can't just install any Tom, Dick, or Harry in the Congress when we want to? It requires a Tim Apple to choose what's best for u…

• @never_released Longhorn on x

  DRM in this manner is stupid and can be bypassed quite easily via extracting the app from a jailbroken iPhone and decrypting it there. However, nothing can be done on this front. :-(