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App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline (www.macrumors.com)
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[–] 48 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

On Android you can have other app stores, why don't you have?

I do I have a Samsung store. Beyond that, the ability to sideload apps is a huge reason I use Android and IOS sucks. I also have apps I've loaded off of web sites and my own LAN.

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

    Some apps can't be posted on store fronts for one or more reasons.

    Side loading definitely has its place and is a welcome change to iOS.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why is pornhub obvious? Americans are so prude, it hurts my brain. God forbid there are nipples somewhere! But murder is fine.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    Don't forget the apps that get banned because they dare to undermine the store owner's profit by presenting free alternatives to their awful paid versions.

    Like NewPipe and the Youtube app that can't even play video's with the screen off.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    iOS is also filled with apps that have ads and subscriptions. Having something like F-droid for Foss apps without the nonsense is nice if you need something like a simple pdf reader or even a calculator. IPad has no calculator for example and there's so much crap you have to shift through to find a simple calculator that doesn't have ads or subscriptions.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Understandably - as a developer you need to pay money to keep your apps listed on the Apple store - even if they're free apps. So just to recoup those losses you almost have to put in ads or subscriptions.

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

    Isn't it like $100 per app publisher per year?

    I mean, that's not nothing but seems like it wouldn't take much - certainly not many subscriptions - to pay it off.

    A very small GoFundMe or coffee tip jar or just spread out the costs between a few interested people and you're done.

    Most of the ad-infested apps - and at this point, that's virtually anything listed for free - are just cash grabs, not anything to do with recouping listing costs.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Whelp - I feel like you're overestimating how much money people donate.
    I've got a website service that I offer for free with a Kofi tip jar - I got less than 20€ over the past 3 years that is was online. Which doesn't even cover domain costs.

    Sure it's very much not in your face and it isn't meant to be, plus being only one anecdotal point of reference, but that's just my experience with that.

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

    The iPad doesn't have a calculator???

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    The pornhub app has been discontinued over half a year ago, and they closed the API. So even if you have the old one installed, it doesn't work but will instead forward you to the mobile website.

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