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iOS 17.2 hints at Apple moving towards letting users sideload apps from outside the App Store (9to5mac.com)
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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (8 children)

What app is everyone dying to get?

[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd like a true Firefox(not webkit) and Emulators.

[–] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Yes! We need all those extensions.

[–] Sheltac@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Emulators are what I miss from android. GBA has one of the best libraries of any console, plus there’s the custom rom scene. And I have this absurdly powerful phone that can’t run any of it.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The option will allow an entire community of open source apps to exist for example.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 7 points 10 months ago

F-Droid in iOS 😎

[–] B0rax@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Fucking finally

[–] dth@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

definitely tachiyomi!

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

I think emulators are likely at the top. I can see Ryujinx absolutely being a top download. Big enough that Nintendo would absolutely arm up their legal team. Imagine every iPhone and iPad becoming a Switch!

Then region-locked apps. There are tons of games and apps in general that change from region to region. Chinese games are never like their NA counterparts. This would effectively unlock every region to the user.

Lastly, just random shit. It would be cool to install 3rd party apps. FOSS apps. Just anything that doesn't need to go through all the red tape of the App Store.

[–] feef@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

For me revanced for example, also a non-WebKit browser.

Especially if the EU passes article 45, I will have to install my own browser to remove the spying capabilities article 45 would impose.

[–] dvdnet89@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago

uyouplus, Apollo, BHTwitter

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I won't use a smartphone that can't run Tachiyomi. There's no better manga app, in any platform, ever.

[–] dvdnet89@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

there is another good alternative called aidoku for iOS and we can read manga on similar fashion. But, we need to sideload it

[–] Neato@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Just the option would be nice. If iOS was closer to being as customizable as android and I could get an iPhone halfway decent in the latest Gen for under $500, I might consider switching. The walled garden has always kept me out.