• T156@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Doesn’t Apple already allow side loading to some degree?

      You can just put an app onto a iDevice through iTunes, without having to run it through the App Store. Apple even puts out a specifically outdated version of iTunes that still retains much of the App functionality.

      It’s not as though they’re trying to build the feature in from scratch.

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        1 year ago

        I have a few side-loaded apps on my phone through TrollStore. iirc they don’t support anything relatively new though.

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        1 year ago

        I have a few side-loaded apps on my phone through TrollStore. iirc they don’t support anything relatively new though.

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      Why would it be a huge undertaking? Allowing installing apps from package files obtained from anywhere seems like a trivial change to the software for a company with a lot of resources.