App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline

I agree.

I bet that must open up some really interesting opportunity for distributing B4i apps?

Personally I'm not in great need of having my apps distributed outside the app store (I imagine @Jmu5667 would find it interesting though) but I would really like to be able to send versions to customers for testing before the app lands in the app store.

Sandman said:

but I would really like to be able to send versions to customers for testing before the app lands in the app store.

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Me too, sometimes apps are not intended for the App Store.

Filippo said:

iPhone App Sideloading Coming to Users in the EU in First Half of 2024

Hi, a step in the right direction! I'm looking forward to finally being free of Google Play and the Apple Store. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/13/eu-iphone-app-sideloading-coming-2024/

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Android already has side-loading thus you're already free from the Google Play store. You can also use alternative app stores* on Android.

*App stores such as F-Droid and Amazon.

I don't know what the cost of an iPhone is in your country, but suffice it to say that Brazil holds the record for the most expensive iPhone in the world.
Then, as a developer, I have to pay US$100.00 a year to access the store (the national minimum wage is just over US$200.00)
All this for later, still having Apple telling me what I can or cannot put on the phone that I paid absurdly dearly to have.
There are cases like this from our colleague Ilan: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/apple-reject-my-app-and-i-dont-know-what-to-do.158701/
So, it's only fair that I put the app I want on the device I buy.