Re:iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps...
by wkat4242 on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:21PM
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> Buy Android and every app you download is malware
This is really not true. Android has a thriving open source ecosystem of great free apps without any tracking. F-droid even has reproducible builds.
Apple doesn't have this precisely because the lack of sideloading. Not many open source devs want to pay the 100 bucks to offer something for free and to deal with the hit and miss app store review process.
> Take away that option and I'm sure as shit not going to feel more free.
No options will disappear. You don't have to use sideloading. The same way most users on Android don't do it. Even alternative stores like Huawei's are a fringe phenomenon.
This is really not true. Android has a thriving open source ecosystem of great free apps without any tracking. F-droid even has reproducible builds.
Apple doesn't have this precisely because the lack of sideloading. Not many open source devs want to pay the 100 bucks to offer something for free and to deal with the hit and miss app store review process.
> Take away that option and I'm sure as shit not going to feel more free.
No options will disappear. You don't have to use sideloading. The same way most users on Android don't do it. Even alternative stores like Huawei's are a fringe phenomenon.