A service called “Setapp” plans to offer iPhone, iPad, and macOS users an alternative to Apple’s walled garden in 2024. The business model is geared more like…

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      Yes, but that required a jailbreak. The EU Digital Markets Act will make it possible for non-tech users to sideload apps and install app stores. Microsoft is even making an appstore for iOS. It wouldn’t be surprising if Amazon and maybe even Epic followed suit.

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    I hope they have time traveling technology to go with that App Store, because they’re a decade and a half or so late if they want to be the first 3rd party App Store for the iPhone. Off the top of my head I could name about a dozen that already exist or have existed in the past.

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        there are a handful from the jailbreaking days but most people didn’t bother because most of the time they were gone with the next ios-update.

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          If you had Cydia (which basically came with every jailbreak) you had a third party app store. The apple app store was literally inspired by it.

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          So that’s going to change in 2024. They legally won’t be able to get kicked off iOS anymore and no jailbreak will be necessary.

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    The only thing faster that the speed of light is the time it takes for “curated” to diverge into “a malware riddled collection of crapware”