AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
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Re: AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
#2Unfortunately paying Apple’s extortion fee might provide ammo to legitimize it.
Re: AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
#3Unfortunately paying Apple’s extortion fee might provide ammo to legitimize it.
Someone ends up paying Apple either way. On the App Store, that person usually ends up being the developer. With the new framework (stupid as it may be), developers can choose to externalize that cost to users and make an example of how ridiculous it is. With high-demand apps like emulators, it's easy to attract users and directly expose them to the limits Apple imposes on them. That's a great vehicle for change, and I fully expect Apple to backpedal on the Core Technology Fee once it attracts broader scrutiny.
It makes perfect sense to me that paying $99/year for the App Store is cheaper than $0.50/install. But you shouldn't have to pay anything to install Free Software in the first place, so I can also see why some people would consider protesting Apple's policy to be invaluable.
Re: AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
#4In Switzerland, Delta Emulator is not available in the App Store since Riley made it an AltStore exclusive in Europe. However, you cannot get AltStore either because Switzerland isn't part of the countries where Apple allows alternative stores: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/118110#countries-and-regions.
Re: AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
#5In Switzerland, Delta Emulator is not available in the App Store since Riley made it an AltStore exclusive in Europe. However, you cannot get AltStore either because Switzerland isn't part of the countries where Apple allows alternative stores: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/118110#countries-and-regions .
Even reading the page is mildly infuriating because how far it goes to try to scare people away into using AppStore only.
I have never seen a company resist a legislation with this much effort before.
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#6I agree it is cheap, but I want to at least try something without paying.
Re: AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
#7In Switzerland, Delta Emulator is not available in the App Store since Riley made it an AltStore exclusive in Europe. However, you cannot get AltStore either because Switzerland isn't part of the countries where Apple allows alternative stores: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/118110#countries-and-regions .
It is available for me in Switzerland. In fact, it's the number one app.
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#8I agree it is cheap, but I want to at least try something without paying.
It's probably important that consumers vote with their wallet here
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#9Unpopular opinion: I'm really not keen on Riley using Delta as a key driver to make EU folk pay for the AltStore. I'd much, much rather get it from the Apple App Store, just like everyone else on the planet--and I'd pay Eur 4.99 for it there, easy, just because I really don't want the hassle of dealing with another App Store.
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#10What specific apps might this app store distribute that Apple's won't? Apple's insistent that third party app stores enforce Apple's content restrictions IMHO defeats the purpose of the third party app store mechanism.