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F.lux for iOS No Longer Available After Apple Says Side-Loading Violates Developer Agreement
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I know...i know..I was just proposing it as an alternative for those who cannot install flux or prefer open source. F.lux is more reliable when set in automatic mode
I don't think they do. Since as people said, the Xcode project in the zip was actually a bare bones project and set to copy a pre compiled binary. Although Apple might have some way to decompile.
I don't know, I don't like their stance on this and certainly not that they enforce this stance to this extend already, because obviously to get this code run on your device you're well past the point of "oops, I did not mean to put this on here" which is the only acceptable reasoning IMHO that they take such a firm approach to restricting side-loading and not being able to pull an app at their discretion.
Feeling some bad vibes here man. Not cool, Apple.
Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should.
Glassed Silver:mac
Feeling some bad vibes here man. Not cool, Apple.
Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should.
Glassed Silver:mac
The whole wrapping a precompiled binary in an Xcode project thing is so incredibly shady that I'm surprised anyone trusted these guys enough to install this app on their device.
This is a FREE project. They had absolutely no reason to obfuscate it. Other projects that have released build-able Xcode projects, such as Provenance, release full source. This is highly suspicious and I'm not surprised Apple shut it down. I'm pretty sure that if it was just a pure source tree they wouldn't have done this.
This is a FREE project. They had absolutely no reason to obfuscate it. Other projects that have released build-able Xcode projects, such as Provenance, release full source. This is highly suspicious and I'm not surprised Apple shut it down. I'm pretty sure that if it was just a pure source tree they wouldn't have done this.
I love F.lux and have it on my Mac and Windows machines. I used to have it on my iPad but got tired of trying to follow the jailbreak scene for one measly little app. I really wish there was a way we could all get this app easily and legitimately. It should be a feature of the OS. Have submitted feedback. Please do the same.
By the way, it's 10:00 PM here. I just turn off F.lux on my Mac. OUCH. Bright burning blue. For those saying you should adjust brightness or invert colors you should look into the science behind this app. It's very interesting.
By the way, it's 10:00 PM here. I just turn off F.lux on my Mac. OUCH. Bright burning blue. For those saying you should adjust brightness or invert colors you should look into the science behind this app. It's very interesting.
Lot's of interesting comments here (wink)
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/11/12/f-lux-no-longer-be-sideloaded/
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/11/12/f-lux-no-longer-be-sideloaded/
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Ah good thing I downloaded it yesterday! just installed it today and I'm never going back without it. Just like with adblockers.
yep. apparently they were using private APIs which is probably actually what Apple knocked them for more than the side loading issue.
if staring at a computer screen is burning your retinas you need to stop using it and go see a doctor
Not exactly f.Lux (doesn't adjust based on time, has to be manually engaged, not sure it's filtering just blues) but it's better than nothing for reading in bed, etc.
And the LifeHacker instructions in your link were a lot better than the Night Mode instructions I found posted on a random Reddit LPT page last night.
Woosh!
I think it's more them using non official APIs. f.lux is patent pending and they really know what they are talking about if you look at their website. I've read some stuff where other similar apps on Android just draw a orange tinted box over the screen and call it a day. They probably didn't want to expose the hidden APIs they use since others would copy them. Many of us have been using f.lux for years on jailbroken devices and desktops and trust them. I believe they are are basically a 2 person dev team, the main guy a former dev on Picasa. I remember reading something from them saying there will be always be a free version of f.lux but it seems like they will try to monitize it some way.
2 devs twitters:
https://twitter.com/herf
https://twitter.com/lorna
Well, the original Macintosh that "1984" commercial was advertising was sealed up and required special tools to open; it was only meant to be serviced by authorized dealers.
This has been the Apple way for many years.
Why would Apple "wake up" and remove that accessibility shortcut? That's default functionality built into the stock OS.
Yes, I have installed Provenance (NES and SNES emulator) as well as MAME (arcade emulator) on my AppleTV 4 using the Xcode sideload method.
I think the real reason is that Apple doesn't like the idea of people walking around with dim, yellow screens. Marketing problem.
Probably meant in the way of saying until
Apple wakes up and sees that offering something like f.lux would be a good idea.
Thank goodness my iDevices are jailbroken. F.lux is pretty much the most important tweak for me. I also have F.lux installed on my MBP and my PC.
I totally get your point, and I assure you my aggressiveness is not in the least directed at you, but if that's the case, well, fsck them. I just had a great night's sleep after trying this doo-hickey for *one* day (yes, it really seems to work perfectly, but I'm giving it a week before I write them some feedback) and I can't help but feel that Apple, the same company that extolls their (sometimes ugg-buttly but perfectly functional) accessibility features and their concern with health and fitness, would be forever in my eyes a bunch of OCD hypocrites if they didn't either buy f.lux altogether or at least publish said APIs purely on aesthetic and marketing grounds…
The fact of the matter is that mobile phones and other screens are very likely screwing up our circadian rhythms, so, having a piss-yellow screen would look weird at first, but might actually start a conversation between family and friends (and maybe even acquaintances). In fact, if I do find this to actually work, I will actively evangelize this thing to hell and both sideload it into other people's devices and convince them to send Apple feedback. Friends don't let friends lose their sleep, I say…
Oh, and by the way, just like some posters mentioned, I *will* jailbreak my devices over this (and wait out on important security updates, etc.) if I'm forced to, after several years of being a well-behaved iOS user (around five, to be exact), and I've actually always been a tinkerer on the Mac side of things (I just enjoyed the security and peace of mind of having my most personal devices completely locked down). This thing has the potential to change my life for the better, so choosing health over privacy and security is really a no-brainer (see Maslow's hierarchy of needs)…
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Well, I was talking about the software, but okay, I'll bite:
There's always a way in, that's usually not the problem. You get the tool (probably for a reasonable price too, at least compared to what I mention further down below as a counter example) and that's that.
You're required to have some common sense, maybe a good manual (e.g. unofficial guide iFixit-style) and a fair amount of practice servicing electronics.
What's not so cool is excessive use of adhesives that can be hard to properly reapply / buy as replacement, soldered RAM (yes, SMD work can be done at home, but at much higher costs), batteries are proprietary instead of pushing for some industry standards, but maybe I'll give them a pass on that as long as the device can be operated using the outlet without a battery installed (which, by the way, doesn't go without saying in the tech industry) and of course amongst other things the hard to replace disks in Macs.
Meanwhile, their locked-down iOS is at their discretion, but every time they enforce stuff like this to that extend, it's a great reminder of how iOS just isn't a proper OS.
App Store, open-source or bust is NOT the way forward, it might be more secure, but ultimately it should be up to the user to decide which code to run, it's their device after all, granted running licensed software that CAN LEGALLY bind you to the agreements, then again those agreements may not always he fully compatible with laws and you're free to reign over side-loading and/or jailbreaking however you wish, depending on where you live in this world.
So again, just because Apple CAN do it, doesn't mean they are smart in doing so and certainly there is a difference between me having to buy a special tool to open and service my computer and me having to a) buy a Mac to side-load (because I have to compile, at least a wrapper) and b) if Apple "give the call", a developer will be forced to remove their side-loaded app. (btw, now we're back to square one where you have to jailbreak, in theory, to use f.lux, which as we all know is much less secure than being unjailbroken)
Sorry, I'm just not a fan of all this and as long as this prevails I'll always look at iOS as a toy system with some very good productivity apps happening to be on there as well, but many of which are cruelly limited in what they can do, thanks to Apple's restrictions, for better or worse.
Glassed Silver:mac
edit: sorry for the weird typos et al in this post, I fixed them. (hopefully all of them, but I'm in a rush so I can't proof-read any longer)
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