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sideloading

  1. Fionnybo

    Basically in the EU but I’m not

    Hi there! We’ll not get too deep into the Irish politics - I live in Northern Ireland, with the Republic of Ireland just 20 minutes away. Northern Ireland is not in the EU, but the Republic is. What would I have to do to get access to the EU specific features? I know they’re controversial, but...
  2. D

    Apple's hypocrisy with app "sideloading"

    I love traveling because it allows me to discover things like this. In China, most apps are WeChat and AliPay "mini-programs", i.e. apps within apps. For example if you want to visit the National Museum, you must buy the tickets throught the National Museum app within the WeChat app. Want a...
  3. npmacuser5

    iPhone Sideloading Apps Example

    Apple gets the Appstore right! The new generation of Apps scary bad. The interesting part of the article, difficult to remove once installed. https://apple.news/A3Rwr1XzgMdq-GQgwWoaWQQ
  4. M

    What exactly is side loading and why does Epic want it?

    I followed the Epic fiasco for a little while. They started off wanting to avoid paying Apple for distribution, and bent their pitch to suggest that Apple was taking too large of a cut. Nevermind that years ago they also wanted something like 25% for using their Unreal Engine, and have lost...
  5. vertsix

    How Apple should implement sideloading (if they need to by legislation or otherwise do so by choice)

    This post is due as a response to recent developments of Apple possibly being forced to allow sideloading. Sideloading brings great choice for the user and by itself is a positive thing, but I understand all the privacy and security concerns around it. I've used Android for quite a while and...
  6. TheSynchronizer

    PSA: Sideloading iOS apps blocked on 11.3 (but still working on 11.2.3)

    Thanks to my buddy @leons who’s updated to 11.3, I’ve just been notified of this. I myself have stayed on 11.2.3 and all aspects of sideloading still work as always. Installing apps by the traditional sideloading methods on 11.3, and running sideloaded apps you have already installed, has been...
  7. D

    iOS app side-loading still working

    I just updated manually all of my iOS apps on my M1 Mac. It looks like side-loading still works using Apple Configurator 2 and the Terminal! I'm on macOS 11.2.3