I’ve been hearing a lot about Apple being forced to allow sideloading on iPads and iPhones in Europe, which of course opens up opportunities for developers to use non-WebKit browser engines and to use non-permissive software licenses (such as the GPL), as they are no-longer restricted by the App Store.
Mozilla and Google are currently working on versions of Firefox and Chrome with Gecko and Blink, respectively; but I have so far heard nothing about a dedicated FOSS store, in the same vein as F-Droid.
Does anyone know if anybody’s working on anything, or if we’re just going to be using AltStore and Cydia, like in the old days?
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Haven’t heard of any, but I’m sure they’ll pop up
I’m curios, I have an old Ipad Air 2 and have been considering jailbreaking it. Are the Cydia and other app stores worth it?
I haven’t tinkered with them for a few years now but they can certainly be interesting. I would say it’s worth playing with if you’re interested in the jail breaking process itself and to experiment with what is available, but with Apple making jailbreaking harder and harder on more recent devices and iOS versions the homebrew community on iOS, perhaps is not as vibrant as it used to be.
I could, of course, be talking out of my arse considering as I say it’s not something I’ve done for a few years myself!
