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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Google is doing everything in their power to make me move to an iphone... between shit like this, effectively bricking some old models of pixels with un-rollbackable patches that destroy batteries, closing down the android development process, making absurd testing requirements to publish apps, etc.

Google doesn't make better phones, they were just less hostile to the consumer. That seems to be going away :(

>>gpm+ct
Is sideloading a thing on iOS?

>>croes+Lu
In legal jurisdictions where Apple is forced to allow it, yes. They have a similar scheme for requiring developers to register and are demanding per-install fees for popular apps, though I'm not sure that will survive regulatory scrutiny in the EU.

Otherwise, I think it's possible to use developer tools to temporarily install apps on an iPhone. IIRC this requires a Mac and has to be repeated every few days.

>>Zak+kv
> and has to be repeated every few days.

7 days for free account.

1 year for paid (until membership ends?).

90 days for TestFlight.

>>nicce+fw
Worth adding on there are methods to update signatures, altstore being one example Although using their app to help automate that then takes up one the app slots for free accounts