AltStore, an alt iOS app store coming to the EU thanks to the DMA, plans to use a Patreon integration to let developers tie app access to users' Patreon pledges
going around Apple's App Store Stephen Warwick / iMore : Apple's new EU rules will give users a completely new way to pay for iPhone apps: Patreon Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : AltStore to offer iPhone apps backed by Patreon in the EU Ali Hasnain / iThinkDifferent : AltStore coming to iPhones with Patreon-backed apps Dwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes : Alternative app shop AltStore to offer Patreon-backed apps in EU Juli Clover / MacRumors : AltStore for iPhone in EU Will Have Apps Backed By Patreon Omar Moharram / Supercharged : New video offers first look at iOS 17.4 process for downloading apps from alternative marketplaces Threads: Riley Testut / @rileytestut : since we have some, um, extra time, here's what installing apps with AltStore will look like in the EU Jon Abrams / @jon.abrams : We can't have this in Freedom Land though. Lead the way 🇪🇺 Riley Testut / @rileytestut : Yup it'll be launching with Delta! Apps will have to be notarized to be installed with it though, so it can't just sideload any .ipa And soon :) Mastodon: Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : One thing @altstore does that should really get you thinking about alternative payment systems that Apple never would have considered: it has Patreon integration, and can tie access to apps to your Patreon pledge — which gives you an entirely different, personal relationship with your users, and lets you use the same reward system you use for videos, blog posts, merch etc. … Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : AltStore also gives the security-conscious a granular view of the entitlements an app might have, before you install it, with a helpful description of what each means — much more insight than the App Store gives — [image] @brandon@fosstodon.org : TIL Sideloadly and AltStore for iOS :D — I didn't know that sideloading apps would be so damn easy on iOS :O Got Lizard (a tweak on the first-party Reddit app) and Delta (NES,SNES,GB/A/C, and NDS emulator) on my iPhone :D — With sideloading officially coming to the EU it's only a matter of time that someone develops a workaround for that pesky location sensor ;) Matt Birchler / @matt@isfeeling.social : I've been screaming about this for years at this point. Yes, Apple has good, consumer-friendly payments, but there are other good options as well. — https://mastodon.social/... @altstore@fosstodon.org : It's finally happening — sideloading is coming to the EU! — We've started the process of becoming a legitimate “app marketplace”, allowing our European friends to download @delta and other AltStore apps officially for the first time ever! — See you in March ☘️ — [image] Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : Exercising my EU-given right to run an alternative app store (@rileytestut's upcoming @altstore) 😜 — [images] Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : Like earlier versions, @altstore also supports Sources, so you can directly control the repository of apps you offer in their marketplace. Of course, all of these apps must still be notarized/reviewed by Apple and assigned to AltStore's marketplace ID through App Store Connect, so it's not a Wild West. … @markusms@mastodon.cloud : @stroughtonsmith I said „no" and my main concern is iPad support. I don't want to deal with customers not understanding why only the iPhone and no other platform is included. Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : Honestly, we need more people actually saying this stuff out loud, on the record, and not behind closed doors. How many people has Setapp reached out to and got a ‘...no thanks’ for their upcoming iOS store? Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith … : As a developer based in the EU, of course I want to be able to sign on to Apple's new business terms and access the hard-won benefits of the DMA (like external distribution). — But there's no way I ever would with the specter of a CTF hanging over, even if I never build an app that hits 1M annual downloads. … @altstore@fosstodon.org : 🙃 — ...see you in M̷a̷r̷c̷h̷ April 🌸 https://fosstodon.org/... X: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Ideally other jurisdictions see the clear consumer value created by loosening of Apple's chokehold on app distribution on iOS shown by the DMA. https://techcrunch.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : AltStore is an upcoming alternative app store on iOS that will allow developers to monetize apps via Patreon. This is an example of the sort of business model innovation that can now be explored in Europe thanks to the DMA creating choice for app distribution on iOS. [image] Forums: r/apple : The AltStore, an alternative app store coming to the EU, will offer Patreon-backed apps | TechCrunch MacRumors Forums : AltStore for iPhone in EU Will Have Apps Backed By Patreon