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About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

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Re: About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

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Post by lern_too_spel »

cute_boi wrote: post #8
thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #2

As beautiful and polished as iOS is it is policies like these that keep me on Android. I wish iSH the best of luck, but I will stick with Termux ( https://termux.com/ ) on Android for now.

i thought termux is going to have issue in latest version of andriod? This is what we get from monopoly.

They have a workaround, which is to package debs in APKs, which they can generate automatically.

Re: About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

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Post by nextos »

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #2

As beautiful and polished as iOS is it is policies like these that keep me on Android. I wish iSH the best of luck, but I will stick with Termux ( https://termux.com/ ) on Android for now.

It's sad. I'm a Linux diehard, but during the pandemic I considered buying an iPad to SSH into my office workstation, browse the web, etc. as I got stuck in an awkward accommodation.

Hardware is great, but the keyboard lacks a dedicated ESC, and I was quite uncomfortable with the fact that terminal apps seem like second rate citizens / not well liked by Apple.

IMHO, there's a lot of untapped potential in the iPad as a programming device if Apple was more reasonable. The alternative Android tablet ecosystem, unlike phones, is total a mess. Samsung has a lot of nice offerings, but software is mediocre and they seem to be really unfocused.

I eventually ended up getting a Surface Go, which is quirky is some regards, but supports Linux really well and is a real computer, not a locked appliance.

Re: About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

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Post by thesuperbigfrog »

cute_boi wrote: post #8
thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #2

As beautiful and polished as iOS is it is policies like these that keep me on Android. I wish iSH the best of luck, but I will stick with Termux ( https://termux.com/ ) on Android for now.

i thought termux is going to have issue in latest version of andriod? This is what we get from monopoly.

The Termux developers have a plan (https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/wiki/Termux-and-An...).

>> This is what we get from monopoly.

Agreed. The Apple / Google mobile OS dualopy leaves few choices.

Re: About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

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Post by bigbubba »

cute_boi wrote: post #8
thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #2

As beautiful and polished as iOS is it is policies like these that keep me on Android. I wish iSH the best of luck, but I will stick with Termux ( https://termux.com/ ) on Android for now.

i thought termux is going to have issue in latest version of andriod? This is what we get from monopoly.

Well.. duopoly.

I think we're witnessing the war on general computation being lost: https://archive.org/details/GeneralComputation

Re: About iSH’s pending removal from the App Store

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Post by reikonomusha »

jpxw wrote: post #7

Hadn’t heard of iSH before now, but I just downloaded. Seems likely that this will become another example of Streisand effect!

This is not really an example of that effect. This is just the nature of news. The app won’t somehow become any more used after it’s removed because it’ll be, well, removed.
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