jystfact@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square314fedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1611arrow-down1external-linkGoogle will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next yeararstechnica.comjystfact@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square314fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareTheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoI guess all these years of using apps from outside the Play Store and apps I’ve written myself have been an illusion.
minus-squareMarshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s not impossible to sideload on an iPhone. More steps, sure, but not impossible.
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoYou can write your own iOS app and install it on your phone. You just can’t distribute it without paying the troll toll.
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI’m not a developer, but I want to use apps that aren’t available on the official store.
I guess all these years of using apps from outside the Play Store and apps I’ve written myself have been an illusion.
It’s not impossible to sideload on an iPhone. More steps, sure, but not impossible.
Much more limited.
For now
You can write your own iOS app and install it on your phone. You just can’t distribute it without paying the troll toll.
I’m not a developer, but I want to use apps that aren’t available on the official store.