• amzd
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    210 months ago

    Well the new system will be way worse than current sideloading (which just requires a reinstall once a year)

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      Once a year if you have a paid developer account, which is $100/year. It’s otherwise every 7 days and capped at 3 simultaneous apps*. And in either case you need a Mac or Windows machine available as well. I suspect it’ll be an improvement for anyone without a paid developer account.

      * - At least, according to https://sideloadly.io/ - I haven’t touched sideloading for a few years (with AltStore + AltServer).

      • amzd
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        010 months ago

        You’re assuming you won’t need a dev account for this new system? Or is that confirmed somewhere

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          It’s an educated inference - I don’t believe that requiring a paid dev account to sideload would satisfy the EU, and I don’t think a system that requires a paid dev account would be meaningfully different from the current state of things.

          But then again, I will be surprised if the EU allows Apple to charge a commission on fees related to apps distributed outside their store, and they’re doing that anyway, so who knows.

          • amzd
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            110 months ago

            Not to sideload, to develop an app. Right now you can develop an app and allow it to 100(I think) people to sideload it for a year

            • @[email protected]
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              110 months ago

              Are you talking about them installing it via Testflight?

              Regardless, I would not expect the $100 annual fee for developers to go away

              • amzd
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                110 months ago

                I mean; add their UDID to your account > build app > distribute over the internet for them to sideload