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New Japanese law may force Apple to allow sideloading in iOS (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or to stop doing business in Japan entirely

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Considering they're a huge market for Apple (~70%), I doubt they'll pull out. And if they do, then too bad.

[–] vanderbilt@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

They won't. Even back in the Steve days, they paid special attention to the Japanese market. The OG Macs were some of the first computers to have well-rendered fonts for CJK. Knowing Japanese culture, they will either do nothing with this new sideloading capability or they will run with it and an ecosystem will explode of alt app markets. I'm leaning toward the former.

[–] burningmatches 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What does that ~70% refer to? Japan is about 5% of Apple’s global revenue and iOS is installed on around 50% of Japanese phones.