A service called “Setapp” plans to offer iPhone, iPad, and macOS users an alternative to Apple’s walled garden in 2024. The business model is geared more like…

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    1 year ago

    there are a handful from the jailbreaking days but most people didn’t bother because most of the time they were gone with the next ios-update.

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      1 year ago

      If you had Cydia (which basically came with every jailbreak) you had a third party app store. The apple app store was literally inspired by it.

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      So that’s going to change in 2024. They legally won’t be able to get kicked off iOS anymore and no jailbreak will be necessary.