• Hnery@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    TL;DW: They are using project sandcastle with an exploit available to the iPhone X and below.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah I thought it was pretty cool. Never knew this was possible, though it appears to have been for quite a while.

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      2 months ago

      2024 and you’re still fanboying for a mobile os?

      The video also says that this method does not support audio, camera and cellular. Not very usable IMO.

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        I’d like another choice, both platforms have become terrible metric-collecting, dark-pattern-infused data-harvesting trash. (iPhone users, don’t believe the commercials claiming privacy.)

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        Nor does it support GPU, meaning doing anything graphical, like gaming, is even worse of an experience.

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        Doesn’t installing Linux on a Mac make it more usable though? Especially when using older Mac, that isn’t supported anymore.

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            I am about to inherit another iMac from my wife. I put OpenCore Legacy Patcher on it to extend the life and she has hated it ever since I did that ( I put Sonoma on it ).

            I am going to downgrade her to Monterey ( a massive pain since macOS does not support downgrades ). If she still does not like it, I will have a 27” iMac running Linux. Even if she likes it, it won’t be long before Office or Teams or something won’t run on the OS anymore. So, it will be Linux eventually.

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          Define usable. Just because the computer is out of support doesn’t turn it into a pumpkin.

          But windows and Linux on Macs is a painful experience. By default GPU switching isn’t supported so the dGPU is always on. Even without the GPU battery life takes a huge hit. Broadcom WiFi. The trackpad goes from the best to the absolute worst, and since it’s so big it’s impossible to not accidentally click things.

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            Except Macs that go out of support do turn into pumpkins. Because software will start to refuse to run on it because the OS is too old. That is how I define unusable.

            OpenCore Legacy patcher is awesome but it is not without issue.

            I guess some people think that unsupported operating systems causing GPU glitches or being stuck in ancient application versions is a better experience. Not me. I am very happy to put Linux on a Mac, get better performance, and enjoy totally up-to-date applications. If I really need to, I could always run one or two macOS or Windows applications in a VM. I am not sure what those would be though.

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              Just because the software is older doesn’t mean it’s unusable. Besides Apples programs you still have at least a few previous Mac OS versions of support. Both Firefox and Chrome will run on 10.15, and many other programs will run on 10.13 which is pretty old.

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        I have Linux installed on an iMac, a MacBook Air, a MacBook Pro, and a Mac Pro ( Proxmox ).

        It does not sound like we would agree.

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          The downvotes make me chuckle. You know, I actually did not really think about how much Apple hardware I had until I listed it off. The Apple fans and I obviously agree on some stuff ( just not the OS so much I guess ).

          I do have an iPhone 15 though ( running iOS ). I am not very likely to put Android or Linux on it anytime soon.

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    I had Android running on my OG iPhone. Must’ve been around Android 2.1 or so.

    It was not really usable. More of a curiosity.

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      That’s what “keep scrolling” is for, no need to announce it.