Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: nospam Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Sideloading is not evil - it's what almost all the common consumer operating systems do Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:48:01 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: <110420231048012844%nospam@nospam.invalid> References: <-YCcnX-H6cUpEan5nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <100420231902141231%nospam@nospam.invalid> <100420232200111888%nospam@nospam.invalid> <110420230826584814%nospam@nospam.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="056ef3ad57754528d5c272976528154f"; logging-data="2787074"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/DfoqzjA7iLoSUk1EtfY+6" User-Agent: Thoth/1.9.0 (Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Am+EnKH/1iym5VswwlE2C3UKUWQ= Bytes: 2167 In article , wrote: > > it's not the most expensive smartphone in the market nor is it a posh > > luxury brand. > > > > these are luxury brands: > > > > > > Apple does have some expensive limited edition phones > > https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/11/04/apple-iphone-14-pro-max-130k-dollars/ try reading it first. that's *not* from apple. it's a customized phone from *another* company. A new version of the Cupertino based giantıs iPhone 14 Pro Max was made by Caviar and it has a Rolex Daytona Watch on the rear. > Although that doesn't happen very often. The Apple management is too > obsessed with control, and that makes them lose the opportunity for > partnerships with other companies. false.