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Sure you did, even indirectly: would iOS still be around now if every grandma got their money stolen through iOS malware?
Did it happen with Android yet?
AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
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#82[dupe] More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067556
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#83I subscribed some days ago, but still can’t get the download to work, even in Safari as suggested.
I had an issue with the Download button not working the first time as well. The solution was to go back to AltStore homepage, click and go through the checkout process again, at some point it says you already are subscribed and instead of charging you again takes you to the download page, where this time the button works. At least that's what happened for me, worth a try.
Thank you!!
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Fuck Apple, I never need their check. I'm not a grandma.
Sure you did, even indirectly: would iOS still be around now if every grandma got their money stolen through iOS malware?
Windows is still around, I think. And you used to be able to install anything on it, from any source, with zero control by MS. (On newer versions that's possibly less true.)
But if you want to steal grandmas' money, it's much easier to setup a romance scam operation than to try to get them to install some app.
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#85Unpopular 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.
Riley posted the following on Mastodon about this:
Getting some Qs about Delta availability, hope this clarifies things!
• Delta is exclusive to AltStore in EU
• Because of Apple’s new dev terms, all downloads in EU cost us €0.50/yr in AltStore PAL and App Store…so couldn’t offer Delta in EU App Stores without making it paid
• App Store only supports one-time paid-upfront apps, so we’d have to pick a price that could support ~years of CTFs
• PAL’s €1.50 covers Delta’s CTF
• We’d make everything free everywhere if it wasn’t for the CTF
Re: AltStore. The first Apple approved alternative App Store
#86What does “Apple approved” mean? I know Apple has heavy handed curation, for example requiring various forms of moderation / censorship of social media apps. Can these stores offer whatever they want? Also what’s with that fee? Why aren’t phones forced to operate like traditional operating systems? Apple shouldn’t be allowed to charge fees for people to install software on devices they own.
I'm no expert on the matter, but this is what Apple says: > All apps listed on alternative app marketplaces are submitted to a Notarization process with Apple. Notarization is a baseline review that applies to all apps, regardless of their distribution channel, focused on platform policies for security and privacy and to maintain device integrity. Through a combination of automated checks and human review, Notarizati…
oh it's definitely much more than a "baseline check", it seems to be mostly the same silly rules as the real app store
for example, the developer of Clip (Riley Testut) had to add a pointless "map" function which uses the user's location in order to be allowed to run in the background
The first version I tried used the user’s location to remain active, but was rejected by Apple. Testut then updated Clip with a Map feature — so there’s a reason for the app to remain active in the background — to receive approval.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/24100979/altstore-europe-app-market...
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure you did, even indirectly: would iOS still be around now if every grandma got their money stolen through iOS malware?
Windows is still around, I think. And you used to be able to install anything on it, from any source, with zero control by MS. (On newer versions that's possibly less true.) But if you want to steal grandmas' money, it's much easier to setup a romance scam operation than to try to get them to install some app.
Apple's own MacOS is still around, and you are able to install anything on it. Yet the world keeps spinning.
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Two. Delta the emulator, and a clipboard manager. I assume there will be a few more soon, though Apple still pushes for notarization and such, making things difficult for the lone hacker developing for fun. So I don't expect as many apps as once cydia had. It's pretty cool that I can play Chrono Trigger and Pokemon FireRed Rocket Edition on the go though :) I'd love to see Epic bringing Fortnite to AltStore out of sp…
Is it not possible to add sources to the PAL store?
It is possible, but if sources have any apps that are not notarized (none of them are right now) they cannot be added.
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#89In 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 .
Nope sorry, it's available here.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Two. Delta the emulator, and a clipboard manager. I assume there will be a few more soon, though Apple still pushes for notarization and such, making things difficult for the lone hacker developing for fun. So I don't expect as many apps as once cydia had. It's pretty cool that I can play Chrono Trigger and Pokemon FireRed Rocket Edition on the go though :) I'd love to see Epic bringing Fortnite to AltStore out of sp…
If an alternate store can have a game emulator, could it also have e.g. an Android app emulator, which in turn could run Android app "ROMs" that aren't individually notarized?
You can run Linux software on iOS via iSH. Efforts to get anything more powerful on iOS is limited because JIT is restricted to web browsers only.