Do I need to get out the soldering-iron again? (2018)

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I mean, that's fine. My argument about adblockers applies to other software too: the Apple ecosystem has some of the basics (like sync, browsers, etc) figured out for me so that I don't need to fiddle with it. While I'd <i>like</i> to use Firefox, I don't <i>need</i> to, and the tradeoffs that come with accepting Safari instead are worth it for <i>my specific situation</i>. Forcing myself into a different ecosystem so that I can use different software that does the same thing isn't a good tradeoff for <i>me</i>. It sounds like that's not the case for you - glad you've found an ecosystem that works for you. There are a couple of things you might want to be aware of though: * AltStore exists and works pretty well: https://altstore.io * iOS 17.2 allows users in some locales to side load apps: https://medium.com/@rmndrathna4/ios-17-2-sideload-apps-what-you-need-to-know-about-apples-new-feature-dcae5665122a . This was sparked by the Digital Markets Act, which could also force Apple to allow alternate browser engines. It went into effect May 2023, but I'm not a lawyer and idk how this will <i>actually</i> affect the Apple ecosystem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act.

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Altstore

I mean, that's fine. My argument about adblockers applies to other software too: the Apple ecosystem has some of the basics (like sync, browsers, etc) figured out for me so that I don't need to fiddle with it. While I'd <i>like</i> to use Firefox, I don't <i>need</i> to, and the tradeoffs that come with accepting Safari instead are worth it for <i>my specific situation</i>. Forcing myself into a different ecosystem so that I can use different software that does the same thing isn't a good tradeoff for <i>me</i>. It sounds like that's not the case for you - glad you've found an ecosystem that works for you. There are a couple of things you might want to be aware of though: * AltStore exists and works pretty well: https://altstore.io * iOS 17.2 allows users in some locales to side load apps: https://medium.com/@rmndrathna4/ios-17-2-sideload-apps-what-you-need-to-know-about-apples-new-feature-dcae5665122a . This was sparked by the Digital Markets Act, which could also force Apple to allow alternate browser engines. It went into effect May 2023, but I'm not a lawyer and idk how this will <i>actually</i> affect the Apple ecosystem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act.

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