| ▲ | socalgal2 20 hours ago |
| you have to reinstall it every week. And, most non-techies want to share what they've made. If if daughter vibe codes an app you can bet she wants to share it with her friends. |
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| ▲ | joshstrange 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > you have to reinstall it every week. A paid plan, with no review needed, will give you a year I believe before you have to reinstall. Only free accounts have the 7-day limit > If if daughter vibe codes an app you can bet she wants to share it with her friends. Testflight internal, no review. Or Testflight external, minor review (I've heard it's much faster/easier than normal app store review, I don't use it). |
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| ▲ | anigbrowl 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | That's correct, but why do I have to pay Apple $99/year to install an app that I wrote on my own phone from own computer over a physical connection and not have to reinstall it every week? | | |
| ▲ | joshstrange 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Apologies, I didn't mean to insinuate that it was right that Apple charge $99 a year to install software on hardware you own. I just was pointing out there are ways around that. Mostly that it gets around any review issues (mostly, unless you use external Testflight). |
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| ▲ | littlecranky67 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Your daughter couldn't publish anything for Android either, unless she is of legal age, uploads her drivers license and pays $25 to Google. Sideloading on Android has become even worse than on iOS, with a 24h waiting period to enable it. |
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| ▲ | iggldiggl 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > Sideloading on Android has become even worse than on iOS, with a 24h waiting period to enable it. In the short-term, I suppose that 24-hour period is *#@!§$%-annoying and a regression compared to the previous situation, but beyond that it's still way better than Apple where a) you have to install Xcode and build the app yourself, b) you can only install three apps concurrently and c) you need to reinstall them every seven days. With Android, beyond that initial 24-hour waiting period, you don't need any external software, you can install an unlimited number of apps and once installed they stay installed forever. | | | |
| ▲ | speedstyle 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | My phone has no such delay or verification, but sure they'll roll it out eventually. Sideloading from a computer has no delay, only downloaded APKs, and that only once. You can get a developer account without ID or payment for up to 20 devices. I think none of this should be the case, and I'll switch to a custom OS on my next device if not this one, but I don't think it's worse than iOS? | |
| ▲ | yellow_lead 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Sideloading on Android has become even worse than on iOS, with a 24h waiting period to enable it. How so? On Android I can sideload apks I didn't make | | |
| ▲ | littlecranky67 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | To enable sideloading, you have to wait 24h on the device. So no "simply pass it to your friends". | | |
| ▲ | yellow_lead 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | You do that only once. And on iOS you can't install any app? Only signed apps for one week at a time. |
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