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explaininjs commented on Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone macrumors.com/2024/09/18/... · Posted by u/impish9208

mdaniel · a year ago

I presume you didn't follow the link I pointed to, which for sure points an .apk URL

Now, if you're trying to be extra cute by saying "react native is a webpage with more steps," I'm not trying to have that fight, but I can assure you with 100% confidence that Joplin's apk loads without Internet connectivity, making it not meet my definition of "a web app"

explaininjs · a year ago

I did in fact follow the link. I actually went further than you, all the way to the GitHub, where I saw that it was actually just a web app. All TS.

And you can 100% load PWAs offline, which might be slightly more progressive than your idea of a web app, but I hope not overly so.

explaininjs commented on Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone macrumors.com/2024/09/18/... · Posted by u/impish9208

mdaniel · a year ago

I thank goodness I haven't been subjected to (mobile) Apple for many years in order to speak to what they "allow" and don't nowadays, but the short answer is that I want to *fucking own* the hardware I pay fuckloads of money to purchase

Also, while I was typing out the "I want f-droid.org for iOS" I realized there is a pragmatic answer: I want to build and distribute apps without having to pay for the right to do so, not because I am stingy but because paying is gatekeeping. Do you know how much the Joplin devs have to pay Google to put this .apk link here[1]? $0

1: https://joplinapp.org/help/install/#mobile-applications

explaininjs · a year ago

That’s a web app, it’s on them if they don’t want to offer their services without requiring me to let them out of the web sandbox.

explaininjs commented on Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone macrumors.com/2024/09/18/... · Posted by u/impish9208

fragmede · a year ago

Internet tethering is actually one that's gone backwards, with "unlimited" cellphone plans that are limited when tethering. Or plans that disable tethering even though all the software is there.

The other thing from a jailbreak would be for it to become self hosting, that is, give the ability to make full blown iPhone ipa on an iOS device without needing a macOS device anywhere at all.

explaininjs · a year ago

As someone who does a ton of networking/routing at the link layer for a day job, I can definitely see why they’re taking measures to reduce bandwidth hogs - to the extent I might actually prefer to be on a network that has taken measures to reduce hogging vs one that has not.

When it really truly matters, like when I have a business need to download huge items in remote areas, the $10/GB+ justifies itself.

explaininjs commented on Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone macrumors.com/2024/09/18/... · Posted by u/impish9208

mdaniel · a year ago

If that can be done "off grid," then I welcome it because it's likely a jailbreak vector

explaininjs · a year ago

Curious what you want from a jailbreak at this point? It seems all of the old things that were actually helpful have found them into first party software, or at least in the sanctioned third party. (internet tethering, emulators, side loaded apps, etc.)