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Unlike macOS, Windows, Linux, and Android, there's no other way of installing apps on iOS. You have to use the App Store.

• whaaaaaaaaa 6y ago
  Can't ProtonMail do a web based mobile client?
  • celsoazevedo 6y ago
    You can't do a proper web app on iOS because Safari/Webkit doesn't support what you need to do it well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14864131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14864131 This wouldn't be a problem if you could install Firefox, Chrome, etc, but on iOS browsers can't use their engine... they're essentially Safari with a different skin on top. I think complaints from devs/services make less sense on Android. Almost everyone uses Google's Play Store, but you can install an app manually like you do on your phone or even use a 3rd party store. If you don't like Chrome, you can install Firefox. If Google bans VPNs in China (like Apple did), users can sideload the app. On iOS, for devs, it's either the App Store and Apple rules or you're out of the platform. For users, it's what Apple allows... and many of their rules aren't there to protect users.
    • celsoazevedo 6y ago
      > "you can install an app manually like you do on your phone" I meant computer, not phone.