Yes plz
All i care about is supporting sideloaded apps + notifications. Hope it comes before the year ends.
I am small time indie dev, that has published an open source app on the store. The 100 USD developer fee per year is really annoying me, since I hardly make any revenue with my niche type app. I hope they could stop charging Devs so much. Kind of like google.
They are inevitable but I do wonder how they would work. I’m sure Apple will have nothing to do with them other than allowing a store onto their platform.
Stores need to be run which cost time and money. Who would you be buying an app from; I suspect it won’t be Apple so good luck if you have a complaint or getting your money back or it screws your device… Devs will have to handle and manage secure payments systems - extra cost. Devs will have to pay the store for being included and managed in it.
Companies like Epic and dating apps were only interested in grasping yet more money from customers with fewer protections
Big W
3rd party app stores are screaming porn, scam and low quality apps to me. I‘d stick with the Apple app store.
Nice!
apple will probably make more subscriptions for their App Store much like they did for gaming.
I left Apple iPhone the first time since iPhone 1. I need two things, easy side loading and one physical SIM slot and at least 1 eSim. It looks like the physical SIM is not coming back but side loading will bring me back.
when they allow sideloading you can buy iPhone outside America, we have SIM cards.
I’m curious, why do you need sideloading?
That’ll be horrible. Right now I can trust the App Store without question.
While I’m halfway sure Meta will force Facebook, FB Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp to only be downloadable through some exclusive Meta App Store, you won’t be forced to use those third-party stores.
So will Amazon, so will Google, so will Microsoft so will most retailers. So yes you will be forced.
You shouldn’t blindly trust the App Store. The review process isn’t perfect and scam apps can find their way into the App Store. Here’s one example: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/pig-butchering-scam-apps-sneak-into-apples-app-store-and-google-play/
Yeah?
And I…am Iron Man. Snaps
I’m not buying it. Apple wants to be in control of EVERYTHING and doesn’t want to actually compete. I’m all for giving options and freedom to the consumer, user and developers.
Third party app stores have their uses. Their are some app stores like F-Droid that only allow free open-sourced apps, some 3rd party app stores won’t have as tight as rules as Apple app store and could let devs offer their own payment structure in-app which the Apple app store does not allow. Or some 3rd party app stores may not allow or have to require Apple’s proprietary frameworks in order for the app to function. This is similar to Aurora store for Android.
Oh cool, I wonder if someone will port windowserver to iPad and make it more macOS like.
More competition. Less apple control.
Honestly even so I’m not gonna migrate to other dodgy AppStore.