I would prefer if they were not based in the US, both for jurisdiction reasons and cultural reasons (no offense to sane Americans).
No offense taken, we suck
no offense to sane Americans
I don’t think any reasonable american would take offense. I would prefer it wasn’t either.
There’s only one type to take offense to that. We were embarrassing before this and we’ll be sure to embarrass ourselves in the future. It’s the American way.
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater…
Is your country taking American Refugees yet?
We have a war on, so probably not the best destination right now.
Valid and real. Good luck.
Venture capital backed which means it will inevitably go to shit
This article vaguely hints but doesn’t actually say anywhere that this is for iOS apps
It says app store, not play store.
It says “alternative app store”, not “alternative iOS app store”, “alternative to Apple’s App Store” or even “alternative App Store”. The term “app store” is used pretty generally nowadays, there’s no implication in the title that it’s even talking about mobile apps!
Interesting news, but I’ll just stick with F-Droid.
AltStore is for iOS.
Edit: And hopefully F-Droid will be able to continue as an option, considering the new requirements Google is putting into place.
This is awesome but AltStore has been seriously missing several important features for years - most notably, PRs have been submitted to add support for organization dev accounts (as opposed to individual accounts), and they never get merged. In general, I haven’t seen AltStore get a meaningful update in well over a year or two.
There’s enough missing that has been in dire need of adding that it got forked into SideStore, which has that feature and tons of other missing ones, including the ability to sign apps on device which is hella convenient.
Strange new feature but im happy for testut. Riley is the reason I could play games on my iPhone back in 2015.
How does this even matter if phone manufacturers block apps that aren’t approved by them? Forgive my ignorance, never done much mobile dev stuff
Now, alongside the additional funding, AltStore is launching its own Mastodon server, running on the ActivityPub protocol, where users will be able to view app updates and new information from the sources they follow. Developers can opt in to have their app updates published to the new server.
confusingly the article leaves out what normal altstore does: install any iOS app provided its file and a connection to a computer (while installing) for seven days
Or if you live in the EU you can just install the “PAL” version which works without a PC connection.
Yes, you can install the PAL version, however it’s not the same. Pal barely has any apps and Apple doesn’t “notarize” shit, so you’re still stuck with altstore/sidestore for any meaningful apps like youtube sponsorblock .
Apple found a way to circumvent the EU directive with this “notarized apps” shit. They are despicable.
