What are the worthwhile apps apps on the alternative stores?
Torrent clients. QEMU. YouTube Apps with Sponsorblock and Adblock.
Isn’t it still crippled and unusable for any non ancient platform unless you have a jailbreak?
Seems like you still need to side load AltStore Classic to get the full version.
Whether Apple is in compliance or not is up for debate.
Obviously AltStore did the best they could..
> APPL's attitude
Everybody knew from the beginning that they’ll do the minimum they can get away with so blaming Apple is somewhat pointless.
> ... Everybody knew that Apple would be uncongenial, borderline malicious ...
> Therefore its pointless to blame Apple
The entire fault is on Apple. The EU that is notoriously depicted as overly bureaucratic and slow-moving managed to make the largest consumer walled garden to relax its gates and give some form of authority to people who own the damn device.
Remember, no form of official sideloading existed before the DMA.
MDM has long existed. In fact that was Apple's counterpoint to alternative alt-stores.
Certainly it didn't allow you to bypass any execution restrictions any further than the regular app store.
Random link: https://it-training.apple.com/tutorials/support/sup530/
I'd also love to hear your suggestions on those couple of apps. Last time i checked, proper apps either charge whatever they want to because of their monopolistic position(+ the cost of an Apple Developer Program to a hobbyist) , and free apps unclear if they even solve the problem are designed to harvest and sell almost everything you have.
Orion is a very rare exception in both of these cases but they weren't able to make uBO work
Yeah, that's an important point. Delta on the App Store is most likely a direct result of the Digital Markets Act: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122341/apple-app-store-g...