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 I went through the purchase & install process for AltStore in the EU, and it's not really any more onerous than downloading a Mac app or installing a provisioning profile. One trip to Settings to ‘Allow’, and you can tap through the install dialogs in a second. The install confirmation sheet, which provides metadata and screenshots about the app and its publisher, is kinda a nice thing to have? Honestly wouldn't surprise me if this system came back to macOS, too (if developers don't revolt) 11 comments
@acejacek @stroughtonsmith https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112287694922854581 > Once you input your email, Stripe will automatically detect your subscription and redirect you to the download page — you do NOT need to re-purchase. @stroughtonsmith It's a bit crap IMO. It's needlessly petty that users have to figure they have to go to settings to approval an install, but then need to retry the install to actually install the app (which requires another set of approvals). @stroughtonsmith I had looked forward to this, but I just realized I live in the European Economic Area, and not the EU 🙈 We usually get the same benefits as the EU, just not this one 😢 @stroughtonsmith This will never be a thing on macOS as long as Homebrew is alive and in use on at least one (1) Mac. |
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@stroughtonsmith I screwed up obviously, I clicked back at the first screen. Now I see no way to download store or manage subscription without new payment. 😣