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The perfect outcome according to me will be that you could be required to pay apple tax if you use app store to distribute the app, but the user should have a way to install any app outside the store and apple has to provide user a way to let them install it. This will have far reaching consequence for many devices like consoles, home assistants etc. I believe we are simply giving control of the devices we own for not much reason at all, only reason is that the manufactures want to earn after they sell the device.


> The perfect outcome according to me will be that you could be required to pay apple tax if you use app store to distribute the app, but the user should have a way to install any app outside the store and apple has to provide user a way to let them install it.

Isn't that the current situation on Android, and Epic still sued them?


Epic sued Google for different things, like making it harder on Android to use a 3rd party app store (you cannot give apps permission to install other apps or update apps silently including itself) and exclusivity deals with manufacturers.


You can also sideload on iOS (without jailbreak), I do it all the time but for some reason no one is talking about that either.


But you can need to do it every 7 days and it requires connecting to PC, right?


Nah you can use AltStore (or others) and it will auto renew your certs. I’ve had an alternate YouTube app and an emulator sideloaded for months and haven’t even thought twice about it.




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