This is it folks: sideloading is coming to iOS (at least for our EU friends), and maybe full-blown 3rd party app stores too

As someone who’s been running a 3rd party app store for past few years...this will greatly affect me 🤪

So perhaps unsurprisingly, I have some thoughts 🧵

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1602744671737942016

First, to state the obvious: yes, I want sideloading! On my iPhone, I want to install fun apps like emulators that Apple won’t allow in the App Store. On my iPad, I want to install much more powerful software than what the App Store allows (e.g. non-Swift compilers)

!!! iOS 16 natively supports Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers!!

Can confirm they work perfectly with Delta 😍 holy shit it supports single joy-cons too omfg

tbh gonna miss these wild transitions when Apple does in-person keynotes again #WWDC22 .@apolloreddit on Apple’s Home Screen!!

First Delta beta w/ iPad support is here! Been super excited to work on this for a long time, & after using it for the past few weeks can confirm: iPad is by FAR the superior experience for lots of games 🙌

Best feature tho? Redesigned iPad controller skins by @1CarolineMoore :)

https://twitter.com/altstoreio/status/1532400129998610434

This beta is the equivalent of just checking the “Supports iPad” checkbox in Xcode and fixing all the obvious bugs…so basically it’s just a blown-up iPhone app at this point 😅

That being said, I’ve already started COMPLETELY redesigning Delta for iPad for a future beta 👀

alright, woke up at 5:30am just to watch this trailer…plz don’t let me down Nintendo

https://twitter.com/pokemon/status/1531621527661297664

these games look SO good ahhhhhh

This bill is a _huge_ step towards allowing sideloading on iOS, but I’m very concerned it doesn’t adequately protect consumers from the added risks

Sideloaded apps aren’t reviewed by a real person, and thus should _not_ be treated the same as App Store apps

https://twitter.com/MarshaBlackburn/status/1489273683155861506

Specifically, I don’t support sideloading directly from Safari or 3rd party App Stores — that makes it far too easy to accidentally install malware

Instead, sideloading should be as cumbersome as possible, e.g. requiring users to physically connect their phone to a Mac or PC

Epic v Apple verdict is in! Apple’s absolutely ridiculous App Store rule that forbids developers from linking to external payment methods is no more 🥳

(but Fortnite still isn’t allowed back in the App Store, lol)

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1436360774600085533

This is basically what everyone *thought* happened when Apple settled that other lawsuit…before we read the fine print. Now Netflix can actually let users sign up in the app, and people can buy Kindle books without jumping to Safari. What a concept!

https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1431057867210039304

🧵 I read through Apple’s anti-sideloading document, and (unsurprisingly) I have some thoughts. It’s clear Apple’s very concerned w/ antitrust legislation, as this document is effectively just a scare-tactic predicated on some misleading information apple.com/privacy/docs/B… (1/10) For one, this quote is already the case today! Apple doesn’t allow Delta in the App Store, which ironically forced me to build @altstoreio just to distribute it. If Apple doesn’t want users sideloading apps, it is entirely up to them to allow Delta in the App Store 🤷‍♂️ (2/10)

oh btw new delta news later this week 🤔