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true maybe, but in terms of FOSS Apps iOS seems like a dessert. Android still isn’t anywhere close to regular Desktop Linux but it got a handfull of good FOSS Apps.
Also maybe rose tinted glasses but things were nowhere nearly as bad 5 years ago
It’s not a desert. The FOSS apps are there, but you can’t use the App Store to find them.
so you can't find anywhere, you couldn't side load apps before EU fixed it
You certainly can, it just isn’t straight forward.
ok yeah I checked a list on github and indeed thats quite a list. But how do you actually get them on your phone?
I know there is a method sideloadly, but that is not really practical given that you constantly have to re-sign apps.
I’ve found a lot of them are on the AppStore, you just have to follow the link from the GitHub page or search for it on the AppStore. These apps just usually won’t be featured on the AppStore, I assume because they generally aren’t going to generate revenue for Apple.
As a side note, I find it really annoying that I can’t install an app remotely on my device. It’s been a little while since I used Android, but it was really convenient if I wasn’t on my phone but found an interesting app that I could authenticate into the Play Store, select which device I wanted to add the app to, and it would install remotely. It doesn’t seem like that can be done with the iPhone and it’s slowly becoming my leading complaint as they fix my other annoyances since switching from Android to iPhone.
its not quite the same as on Android with the Playstore, but you can enable a feature called „App Downlods“ which automatically syncs your installed Apps among your iOS devices. Its under Settings -> App Store -> App downloads
I’ve done that, but this is mostly an issue when I’m on my Mac and the links open in the AppStore and say it’s not compatible with my Mac.