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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by FredPret on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:17PM (#33975108)
I could not agree more. I won’t touch another app store with a bargepole. You want free software, get Linux / Android. You want a walled garden? Get Apple. I use both for different things.
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by yokoprime on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:31PM (#33975299)
Honestly, I disagree. I'm currently on a mac where I can live the walled garden lifestyle if I choose, but sometimes I want to install an app which is experimental, open source etc. Sure, I get it, macOS predates the iOS App Store, but so does iOS. The very first apps to run on an iPhone had to be side-loaded, there was no App store at launch for the iPhone.
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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by behnamoh on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:23PM (#33975187)
I like App Store, but I don't like the restriction that stops me from installing older versions of apps. I have a couple iDevices that are perfectly fine, except that their iOS is too old for the newer apps. If I could install old versions of UC Browser, I could breath a fresh air into those devices.
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