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I am about to show my ignorance of developing for the iPhone, so please forgive any incorrect assumptions and mistaken conclusions. It is my understanding that

I am about to show my ignorance of developing for the iPhone, so please forgive any incorrect assumptions and mistaken conclusions. It is my understanding that apps can also be installed directly from third party websites... If so, is there a way to create an app for the App Store that is a shell to a website where a conglomerate of listings can be offered? It seems this would give the value of having everything fairly easy to find (one extra click) and yet get out from the management of the App Store for all but the original shell app...

mechanical_fish 17y ago
It is my understanding that apps can also be installed directly from third party websites... This is not true, and that's the essence of the problem. You can install software that you've written yourself on your own phone. And there's some sort of deal that lets you give your software to beta testers and let them install it. A year or so ago some clever fellow tried to use this beta loophole as a way of selling an app that was banned from the App Store. I believe they threw the book at him and he had to stop. I haven't heard of that happening again. You can distribute apps for jailbroken phones, but that is not really a solution.
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Psyonic 17y ago
With a few awkward exceptions, it's not possible to install apps directly from third party websites.