How about APKmirror's ... 🙄
Thats where completely "opening things up" leads.
$99 a year for any kind of hobby is pretty cheap.
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Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores and More on iOS in Brazil by April
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Thats where completely "opening things up" leads.
Ursadorable
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sw1tcher
macrumors 604
You too?
My Mac just went crazy a little while ago while I was working on a paper. It was like "beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep," and then it unexpectedly shut down. Like half of my paper was gone. And I was like, "Hnnnn?" 😕 It devoured my paper. It was a really good paper. And then I had to write it again. And I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a bummer.
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
This is already happening. I'm not allowed to elaborate, though.
UliBaer
Suspended
^That!
On all my used computing platforms (even at work!) I and also my employers always heavily preferred FOSS software for use. Just a few examples: 7-Zip, Eclipse, LibreOffice, Notepad++, Firefox, Thunderbird, Jenkins... That's just what I thought of now, there are lots and lots more.
The i(Pad)OS environment really misses a lot of that $free software. The only one I think of right now is Organic Maps, a really $free enormous useful app, that also is completely free of ads and tracking! 👍
It's a real pity, that could be worked over with alternate app stores - but only if Apple does not decide to also "greedily harvest" from $free apps. The situation on the Android side is completely different, there are lots of $free apps, even without ads.
Now awaiting the usual "But you'll get screwed over with that $free software - it's a lot better to pay for that!"-comments flying in... 🤣
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Probably some Apple software malfunctioning.
Their software quality is in the gutter.
I'm pretty much done with apps now because most of them would be classified as adware or spyware by the definition of the mid 2000s.
However, I still care for having open access because I want a full fat browser that supports the full fat uBlock Origin. Not to mention, having an up to date browser is pretty much good enough for security purposes most of the time so it's going to be a bit safer to delay updating the operating system for whatever reason.
However, I still care for having open access because I want a full fat browser that supports the full fat uBlock Origin. Not to mention, having an up to date browser is pretty much good enough for security purposes most of the time so it's going to be a bit safer to delay updating the operating system for whatever reason.
falainber
macrumors 68040
Go bigger. You have a choice of in which country to live. Hands off our Apple!
Very few people have a choice of which country to live in (legally).
mdriftmeyer
macrumors 68040
You don't own your phone. You purchase a license to use it until its viability ceases. You are a lessee.
canadianreader
macrumors 68000
Sure thing but most apps on F-Droid don't track, are free and offer similar functionalities like those on G play.
canadianreader
macrumors 68000
This is what Apple thinks of sideloading the way it's currently implemented on Android. Greed
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
“Sideloading”
Otherwise known as “installing software.”
I refuse to accept their framing of it.
canadianreader
macrumors 68000
I use it compared to installing an app from the App Store but you're right!
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
I didn't even think about "sideloading" for once but you're exactly right! It wouldn't be so bad if the $99 fee was just for app store distribution, but it's charged regardless of your file ever hitting their servers.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Sure sounds to me like that is the price Apple has set for usage of their IP.
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
A sane person would assume that buying a device includes buying permission to use it but apparently not!
canadianreader
macrumors 68000
I still don’t mind if they increase that fee to $200 or $300 to pay for whatever excuse but stop taking 20% commissions on sales that aren’t on your App Store. It’s so unfair to small devs.
You bought a phone you knew didn't have that as an option but you went ahead and bought it anyway, so nobody is violating anything. Show me the law where your precious "rights" are being violated? I'm over the spoilt brat entitled attitude people spout today. "I want it now" isn't a thing with Apple, so don't keep buying it and give the rest of us a break.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
Ah well hold on - that fee is levied against all apps, regardless of how much it ends up selling for. Making that fee higher only increases the barrier to entry to the development scene - outright preventing some people from even trying.
It's almost like this one-size-fits-all approach only hurts the common folk or something. These devs and their $99 annual payments subsidize Spotify, Meta, Netflix et al.
So help me understand this.
Buying a phone you know won't give you access to alt stores is a good choice.
Then complaining that it doesn't do what you know it can't do is good.
So Apple is bad?
Is that right?
canadianreader
macrumors 68000
It's taxing the poor. As an example Amazon pays $99 and that's it same goes for Uber I'm sure they use enormous amount of bandwidth yet they only pay $100 per year.
falainber
macrumors 68040
As far as alternative App Stores are concerned, those from the USA do have this choice.