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iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps from outside the App Store (9to5mac.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm getting tired of all of Google's BS, so I've been looking into an iPhone.

But not being able to sideload apps is a big deterrent. Not having real Firefox is another one.

If Apple could open up iOS to be more flexible and user-configurable, they could probably draw a lot of Android users like myself that appreciate the great hardware and are tired of Google's business decisions.

But iOS is still dumbed down and locked down so badly.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Apple being Apple, will charge some absurd fee to "sign" images to sideload on your iPhone. I wouldn't hold my breath. Get GrapheneOS on a Pixel in the meantime.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    @dingleberry so, your solution is to buy a Pixel, acknowledge that Google has no clue how to make a secure device, unlock your bootloader (unless you take the OTA) and proceed to cripple it even further by removing all of the proprietary features that make the pixel, a pixel. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I recently switched to iPhone from pixel and am very happy. However, I understand the need to sideload apps, haven’t watched YouTube at all on the iPhone because of the annoying ads.

    I’m hoping that iOS allows installing apps from other sources soon, would also love to use the real FF.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I mean, I’ve been using uYou on iOS since I got the iPhone two years ago. It’s a bit of a pain to set up initially, but assuming you have a PC or laptop that is switched on often enough and on the same WiFi network, running iTunes and AltStore, it will auto refresh in the background.

    It has sponsorblock and all that good stuff too. Normal YouTube is literally unwatchable.

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