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[–] RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Neat idea. I'm going to watch how this develops but I don't see it ever becoming much of a thing until there is iOS support. I'm not an iPhone user. Just realistic.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Gamey@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Third party frontends of all kinds are forbidden on the Play and App store but we Android users have F-Droid and if the license is changed at some point (it's supposed to be temporary as far as I understand) it will probably land there, till then Obtanium is probably your best bet I guess.

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is on the Google Play Store.

[–] Gamey@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Very interesting, I doubt it's going to stay there long because this is literally the first third party frontend of all kinds I as privacy enthusiast have ever seen accepted and I really wonder how they did that!

[–] Gamey@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Almost no third party frontend supports iOS because of their absolutely shitty sideloading limitations and they still work great...

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is something I always wonder about—is there a good source for realistic market share of mobile os?

[–] Fake4000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wild, so understandably android is a much greater share, given the wide variety of phones it can run on… I’m guessing iOS is a favored app market because it’s more monolithic or stable? Or put another way the android share is fragmented all over the place?

Interesting, thanks for the share!