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iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe

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Post by anticensor »

neximo64 wrote: post #212
jrockway wrote: post #154

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I don't think things will be a problem. Distributing software is fairly easy; for most apps, uploading the app binary to their website as though it's an image file or video will be sufficient. And, then you get 30% more money for your business. It will be quite popular just for the cost savings. (Distributing software is not always easy, as game companies that have 100GB game downloads on launch day will tell you. Bu…

The issue about distribution is never the technical aspect you are describing, it's about getting people to visit that website/app store in the first place. If it were that aspect aspect companies like T-Mobile, Equinix, Vodafone, Orange would dominate it. Even after the the app store is available in Europe, these companies have no chance of success. That is what it looks like will be very undesirable because it will…

Depends on the friction imposed by the way 30% cut is implemented.

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Post by hailwren »

golergka wrote: post #866
hailwren wrote: post #825

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oh, maybe you have both? US iphones don’t have sim trays. Euro iphones do.

Yes, and I can have two sims active at the same time. Physical and eSim or two eSims.

Yeah, we have two esims as well. More or less feature parity. No clue why anyone would want a sim card/tray in 2023. I’ve been working remote on 3 continents in the last year across the economic power spectrum and have never thought of using one.

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Post by hailwren »

dwaite wrote: post #895
crossroadsguy wrote: post #880

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I understood it but I would definitely want at least one physical SIM on my phone. It has served me well many times (and not limited to remote areas) when my phone is unusable and I can use my SIM on another phone with the lock PIN.

I've had to contact the carrier to get a new phone approved for a SIM here in the states, so in my mind it is a bit of a wash there. On the flip-side, T-Mobile has an app to add an eSIM to "test drive" their service on your phone for free, and I look forward to the day I can buy travel SIMs in advance on my couch at home.

That day was years ago. You’re looking for airalo or a few other apps that sell data esims you can activate from your couch.
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