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And yet, you're only allowed to install what they authorize. It's a nice cell.

by LanceH 5y ago

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Razengan 5y ago
There’s nothing I want to install on an iPhone or iPad that’s not on the App Store.
- wayneftw 5y ago
  That's just a lack of imagination. Apple's app store grip prevents whole industries from taking shape.
  - p2t2p 5y ago
    If I pick up my Motorola I'll see that I can't even have an adblock for the default browser. And yet very soon my iPhone will receive an update that adds generic extensions support into safari. There's an extension that automatically changes amp links to real pages for example. Android is open as it gets and yet somehow the diversity of software there is lacking. Try finding decent email client that is not Gmail and doesn't suck your data into cloud. iPhone has got multiple and one is OOB.
    - wayneftw 5y ago
      Nobody scales an app business just on Android. When you have to target both, you'll follow Apples rules. Where are my PWA notifications on iPhone? Where is my replacement app launcher? Where are my programming apps? Where are my porn apps?
      - p2t2p 5y ago
        So you claim that it is lack of imagination that I don't want to install porn apps and receive notification spam from every website on the internet? Also I don't see how can innovation be equated with support of PWA notifications and porn apps and launchers?
        wayneftw 5y ago
        Yeah, because we're only talking about what you want not the general you.
  - Razengan 5y ago
    > That's just a lack of imagination. > Apple's app store grip prevents whole industries from taking shape. If you can’t launch industries on Android or PC, maybe that’s just a lack of imagination.
    - wayneftw 5y ago
      Incorrect. That would be hindered by a lack of access to the majority of customers who are on an iPhone in the US.
- p2t2p 5y ago
  I echo this. I had youtube-dl running on my previous iPhone in pythonista. I had a shortcut that would download list of YouTube videos from a file for offline viewing using that
- howinteresting 5y ago
  Torrent remotes? Utilities that sync with other OSes like KDE Connect? A real browser with real uBlock Origin?

And yet, you're only allowed to install what they authorize. It's a nice cell.

by LanceH 5y ago

And yet, you're only allowed to install what they authorize. It's a nice cell.

deleted 5y ago

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Razengan 5y ago

There’s nothing I want to install on an iPhone or iPad that’s not on the App Store.

wayneftw 5y ago
That's just a lack of imagination. Apple's app store grip prevents whole industries from taking shape.
- p2t2p 5y ago
  If I pick up my Motorola I'll see that I can't even have an adblock for the default browser. And yet very soon my iPhone will receive an update that adds generic extensions support into safari. There's an extension that automatically changes amp links to real pages for example. Android is open as it gets and yet somehow the diversity of software there is lacking. Try finding decent email client that is not Gmail and doesn't suck your data into cloud. iPhone has got multiple and one is OOB.
  - wayneftw 5y ago
    Nobody scales an app business just on Android. When you have to target both, you'll follow Apples rules. Where are my PWA notifications on iPhone? Where is my replacement app launcher? Where are my programming apps? Where are my porn apps?
    - p2t2p 5y ago
      So you claim that it is lack of imagination that I don't want to install porn apps and receive notification spam from every website on the internet? Also I don't see how can innovation be equated with support of PWA notifications and porn apps and launchers?
      - wayneftw 5y ago
        Yeah, because we're only talking about what you want not the general you.
- Razengan 5y ago
  > That's just a lack of imagination. > Apple's app store grip prevents whole industries from taking shape. If you can’t launch industries on Android or PC, maybe that’s just a lack of imagination.
  - wayneftw 5y ago
    Incorrect. That would be hindered by a lack of access to the majority of customers who are on an iPhone in the US.
p2t2p 5y ago
I echo this. I had youtube-dl running on my previous iPhone in pythonista. I had a shortcut that would download list of YouTube videos from a file for offline viewing using that
howinteresting 5y ago
Torrent remotes? Utilities that sync with other OSes like KDE Connect? A real browser with real uBlock Origin?