So if Apple removes it from the app store you're shit outta luck?
Not if you've installed it before, in which case you can download it from a not-very-well-known purchase history.
akilou@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
You can’t even sideload on ios can you? So if Apple removes it from the app store you’re shit outta luck?
Fuck apple. But it stuff like this that makes me have no sympathy for people who buy iphones.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 5 months ago
Drusenija@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Unless the app is delisted which can also happen. Flappy Bird was one of the more well known examples of that (I remember people seeing phones on eBay with it still installed for stupid money). If that happens you can’t reinstall it.
simplejack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can side load on iOS. It’s not nearly as easy it is on Android, but it’s not hard. Any of us that are developing are doing it consistently.
That said. Sideloading isn’t exactly easy when China great firewall is blocking direct download sites and monitoring / censoring search engines, VPNs, ISPs, etc. Things are not like they are in the west.
NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 5 months ago
You can sideload in a way, but it’s a bit annoying. Unless you pay for an Apple Developer account (IIRC about 100$ a year), you’ll have to re-sideload the app every 7 days.
akilou@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
What a stupid thing. What is this preventing? Like if Apple is trying to prevent you from side loading a malicious app, it’s cool if it’s only malicious for a week?
NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It’s kind of a loophole, the technique is not meant for sideloading. It allows developers to test their app on a real device, but because you only need the IPA file for this, you can use it for sideloading.