Some people think Apple's JIT restrictions standing up to the DMA is a given, but I heavily doubt that will be the case.<p>The DMA allows for security exceptions only when measures are "strictly necessary and proportionate", Article 6(4). Apple argues that this ban is crucial for security, yet Android permits JIT compilation and maintains robust security on that front for 99% of its user base without significant incidents.
Well, right now this technically works, but is unusable - melted off 15% of my iPad’s battery life just logging in to XFCE and doing an apt upgrade (Debian ARM64), and is very slow overall. I’m going to try turning off the GUI and decreasing the core count to 2, but I don’t expect this to beat a-Shell on practicality or even iSH on usability.<p>In short, I’m going to keep using an ARM sidecar: <a href="https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2023/10/07/1830" rel="nofollow">https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2023/10/07/1830</a><p>Apple doesn’t let us JIT nice things, and it’s just sad.
How about we ban Apple from imposing arbitrary rules to cripple what is just a general computing device? They are too big and too monopolistic to be allowed this degree of control.
My tinfoil is that Apple banned this specifically because you can use it to get a desktop on iPadOS, which offends their "fingers can't touch mouse apps" sensibilites.
“It doesn’t come with any operating systems, though the app does link to UTM’s site, which has guides for Windows XP through Windows 11 emulation, as well as downloads of pre-built virtual Linux machines.”<p>Huh… so I could run Linux on my phone!
From X:<p>> Also shoutout to
@ktemkin
whose QEMU TCTI implementation was pivotal for this JIT-less build.<p>Does this mean that it is just a JIT-less build? How is the performance for Linux emulation compared to the previous UTM SE build?
Do things like the internet connection and access to peripherals pass through? Could I use this to have better ssh access to some capabilities of an iphone, for example?
I use UTM on Mac, it's a great experience. Donated a little to them using github sponsors because of how useful the tool is, and how easy it is to obtain and install unlike VMware Player (see: <a href="https://matduggan.com/the-worst-website-in-the-entire-world/" rel="nofollow">https://matduggan.com/the-worst-website-in-the-entire-world/</a> ).
The AltStore team helped them but it’s not on AltStore? I’d really like to see a nice strong offering there, more pro and privacy/foss oriented perhaps, similar to F-Droid.
Unfortunate that we're not affected here in Switzerland.<p>Although I do expect it soon, since especially opening up NFC could benefit the nationwide contactless payment solution (twint).