ICYMI: Some of Apple's EU changes are coming only to the iPhone, not the iPad.

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The iPad is not part of all modifications made by Cupertino to adhere to the EU law.

  • The ability to install third-party app marketplaces and download apps from third-party app marketplaces will be an option only on the iPhone.

  • The new prompt in Safari that asks users to pick a default browser engine is coming only to the iPhone.

  • Support for third-party browser engines is coming only to the iPhone.

  • The ability to set default NFC and wallet apps will only be available on the iPhone.

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Are you fucking kidding me? I was looking forward to sideloading so I could play some emulators on the last iOS device I have. Well at least that‘s my last iPad since the new one is complete trash.

I have an iPad mini that was given to me as a gift last year. It's a lovely little device, it really is. But I don't know why it exists at this point. I mean, it's cool for reading pdfs, browsing the internet on something bigger than my iPhone, but I'd say 90% of what I use it for is as another screen for my work Mac. It's cool n'all, but it sure as shit ain't £750 of cool.

I never saw a good use for them at all, but people seem to love the minis. I think they might be big with older folks who don't want a large tablet, but have shit eye sight and want a couch device that's easier to read than a phone. That's my theory anyway.

If you aren’t needing any emulators past GBA/DS/SNES, afterplay.io lets you play your ROMs on an unjailbroken iOS device using Safari

Honestly I’d love a GCN emulator if you know of a good one for iOS. I use Dolphin on my laptop, but I’m not always able to be on my laptop.

Sorry, I don’t mess with AltStore/TrollStore so I’m not super knowledgeable with those options. If you do run AltStore on a Mac, I think you are then able to use JIT which you need to be able to run GCN emulation via dolphin. And I think there are also ways to use JIT over the cloud but I’m not familiar with those methods.