Yep, available to anyone. It's much more restrictive though. Basically you need a valid developer certificate to sign apps. You can use your own with a free developer account but you only get so many tokens per week and apps need to have their tokens refreshed weekly.
You can also use an enterprise developer certificate that lasts forever but if Apple revokes it then the app stops working until you get another working cert.
It does require you to turn on iOS developer settings by connecting to a Mac with Xcode installed to enable but then you can manage app installation and refreshing via an App Store like Alt Store. EU has different system where there is no limit on amount of sideloadable apps but the apps still need to be approved by Apple. Alt Store also have a EU specific App Store for that purpose.
I side loaded on iOS for a long time. Get Youtube++ for ad free and I forget the Reddit client I used that was side loaded as well. You can run the server on any PC or Mac that will handle side loaded apps and being on the same WiFi network allows the server to automatically refresh the installed apps. Only big downside is updates are not automatic or simple. To update an app you have to download the new app .ipa and then sign it like you were installing it fresh. Usually it picks up the existing configs and data though. So it's not a full app wipe.
The sideloaded subreddit is where I got into it through.
In legal jurisdictions where Apple is forced to allow it, yes. They have a similar scheme for requiring developers to register and are demanding per-install fees for popular apps, though I'm not sure that will survive regulatory scrutiny in the EU.
Otherwise, I think it's possible to use developer tools to temporarily install apps on an iPhone. IIRC this requires a Mac and has to be repeated every few days.
Worth adding on there are methods to update signatures, altstore being one example
Although using their app to help automate that then takes up one the app slots for free accounts
I was way into the Cydia/Jailbreaking scene back in the day. These days, I find it hard to care about being able to do weird stuff with my iPhone. I just care that it works well.
Apple adopted many ideas that first appeared on Cydia. Some customisation options, some missing features. And now even game emulators are available on App Store.
Yep, available to anyone. It's much more restrictive though. Basically you need a valid developer certificate to sign apps. You can use your own with a free developer account but you only get so many tokens per week and apps need to have their tokens refreshed weekly.
You can also use an enterprise developer certificate that lasts forever but if Apple revokes it then the app stops working until you get another working cert.
It does require you to turn on iOS developer settings by connecting to a Mac with Xcode installed to enable but then you can manage app installation and refreshing via an App Store like Alt Store. EU has different system where there is no limit on amount of sideloadable apps but the apps still need to be approved by Apple. Alt Store also have a EU specific App Store for that purpose.
I side loaded on iOS for a long time. Get Youtube++ for ad free and I forget the Reddit client I used that was side loaded as well. You can run the server on any PC or Mac that will handle side loaded apps and being on the same WiFi network allows the server to automatically refresh the installed apps. Only big downside is updates are not automatic or simple. To update an app you have to download the new app .ipa and then sign it like you were installing it fresh. Usually it picks up the existing configs and data though. So it's not a full app wipe.
The sideloaded subreddit is where I got into it through.
In legal jurisdictions where Apple is forced to allow it, yes. They have a similar scheme for requiring developers to register and are demanding per-install fees for popular apps, though I'm not sure that will survive regulatory scrutiny in the EU.
Otherwise, I think it's possible to use developer tools to temporarily install apps on an iPhone. IIRC this requires a Mac and has to be repeated every few days.
> and has to be repeated every few days.
7 days for free account.
1 year for paid (until membership ends?).
90 days for TestFlight.
Worth adding on there are methods to update signatures, altstore being one example Although using their app to help automate that then takes up one the app slots for free accounts
There's a technical possibility, but it's not a thing, as in there's not a lot of iPhone users interested in that
I was way into the Cydia/Jailbreaking scene back in the day. These days, I find it hard to care about being able to do weird stuff with my iPhone. I just care that it works well.
Apple adopted many ideas that first appeared on Cydia. Some customisation options, some missing features. And now even game emulators are available on App Store.
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