BuT siDeLOaDInG iS DaNGeRoUS!!
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.
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> Don't allow sideloading
> Everyone must pay to publish an app in the App Store (once every few years for a new MacBook, and for publishing the app)
> More $
> People have to add payment/ad models to apps to the simplest apps, that fix Apples mistakes (Calculator on iPad...)
> 30% cut > More $
And that's why there are literally no good apps in the app store. Devs are forced to make it hypercapitalistic. To get a simple apple app running and out, it's multiple thousands of investments.
For Android it's one command to install android studio on any device, load a template, program, compile, sideload and you're done. Put it on git as GPLv2/3 for good measure.
“Literally no good apps”
... that aren't filled with ads and/or have a large price tag. Especially compared to the huge FOSS App collection Android has. And it's not like I could just be like "oh damnit then I'm just gonna use the terminal for doing task XY" - unless I jailbreak. Which Apple doesn't want, of course.
I have zero apps on my phone with ads and i haven’t paid for apps in years. Seems like youre commenting based on vibes and apple hate
I'm commenting on what I have experienced for years.