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Can anyone survive with only apps from Mac App Store?
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The support document is wrong. They absolutely can remove apps. They just mostly don't do it. It's easier to ust leave them and let them run like crap as they age.
Why should I trust a third-party source? Am I supposed to assume that Apple is lying?
Assume everyone is lying. Little Snitch, not available in the App Store, can help with that.
Some of the essential applications that I or people around me use that are not on the Mac App Store:
- Zoom
- Handbrake
- Chrome
- Firefox
- VMware
- VLC
- IINA
- Onyx
- TinkerTool
- AlDente
- SwitchResX
- Wireshark
- Minecraft
- Webex
- Steam and its games
- Homebrew and its packages
I think if Apple decided to kill the App Store for Mac tomorrow, there would be hardly any wailing.
I remember even when it was added about a decade ago, many people have asked "what's the purpose"?
I remember even when it was added about a decade ago, many people have asked "what's the purpose"?
I just counted. I have 28 apps from outside the app store, 10 from within the app store, plus 2 that are available both in and out of the app store, but I purchased them from outside.
The bottom line is I don't install anything from anyone that I haven't researched and have a level of trust in. There are plenty of apps within the app store I would't install, Apples verification services or not.
The bottom line is I don't install anything from anyone that I haven't researched and have a level of trust in. There are plenty of apps within the app store I would't install, Apples verification services or not.
I beg to differ.
Yeah, and it has changed a lot since then. Those same people questioned the iPhone all those years ago.
I had an app on the AppStore.
It is now no longer available to download. Users who have it installed can keep it. But it cannot be downloaded again.
It is pulled from the store as I allowed my developer account to lapse.
So yes, it cannot be downloaded by users who had it prior to my account expiring.
Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions:
“Content may not be available for Redownload if that Content is no longer offered on our Services.
Content also may be removed from our Services at any time, after which it cannot be downloaded, redownloaded, or otherwise accessed from Apple.”
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/
Apple’s reasons for app removal
https://developer.apple.com/support...rogram-License-Agreement-20220606-English.pdf
Additional reading: Epic Games vs Apple https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...s-fortnite-app-store-saga----the-story-so-far
Oh, that’s interesting. Thanks for sharing!
I’ll have to look into that.