Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store
by klodolph on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:33PM
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You can already side load apps on iOS, you just need to go through some hoops (install Xcode, compile the app, create a developer account, futz about with certificates) but you don’t have to pay any money (you don’t have to pay the $99/year, that’s only necessary if you want to sell apps).
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store
by usrusr on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:43PM
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Well, at least you have to purchase another device from them to run xcode on. Those 99$/a aren't the biggest hurdle of you aren't a Mac user. (even assuming a skillset that includes "futzing about with certificates")
Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store
by saurik on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:47PM
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Applications installed like this have limited functionality--such as no push notifications--and some types of application are simply not supported (such as VPN clients: Apple seems to have structured everything in order to best support the China Communist Party's control regime here). You can only have three such self-signed applications installed at once, and you have to keep reinstalling them every 7 days (which is more annoying than you would expect if you haven't really had to do it constantly).