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Setapp is planning to be the first third-party app store for iOS devices (www.techspot.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I hope they have time traveling technology to go with that App Store, because they’re a decade and a half or so late if they want to be the first 3rd party App Store for the iPhone. Off the top of my head I could name about a dozen that already exist or have existed in the past.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There are third party app stores? I thought that wasn't possible until 2024.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@elouboub

@Ilikecheese it’s been possible since the first year of iphone, if you jailbreak. indeed, a lot of new features iphone got over the years were first found in jailbreak tweaks and apps.

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