Ben Weaver

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

Not a big fan of the iOS 10 style multi page control center, but you can go back to a single page. I wish connectivity had more size options or at least options to add each toggle individually. It seems like some are missing. Hopefully, due to bugs.

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

@SamGuichelaar Currently updating OTA because I’m encountering the same issue :/

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

Anyone else refreshing the dev portal like mad? 😂

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

@maxbridgland Yes

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

@niccruzpatane EV or ICE aside, it makes no sense to spend that kind of money on a vehicle if you’re buying it for utility. Those are entertainment vehicles.

[Adam Demasi @hbkirb]

The whole marketplace flow is a disaster. While AltStore seems to have tons of problems itself (mostly due to a payment system that seems incredibly rushed - hey Riley, have your people call my people? 🔥), the majority of the problems are in Apple’s implementation.

App installation has no progress prompts. The app-marketplace:// URL scheme, used by websites to tell iOS to begin installing a marketplace app, displays zero progress. It only has the ability to display error messages, such as telling you you’re not eligible (not located in the EU), or that you need to go to Settings to allow the app to be installed. Naturally, there’s no button that takes you to Settings, nor any explanation of what you do when you’re there.

Once you’re in Settings, a followup button appears below your Apple ID name. Tapping Allow simply dismisses the prompt. There’s no indication of what happens next. The answer is - nothing happens. You need to go back to Safari and initiate the installation again. Then, you get another full screen prompt, and then an alert prompt. The app then starts downloading, but nothing tells you that. Tapping the download button does nothing now. You just eventually think to go to the home screen and find the app.

Awesome, we finally got there! Uh, almost. Now you found an app you’d like to install from the marketplace, so you do so. First, you get a rather ugly prompt in the bottom quarter of your screen - unclear if this is from AltStore or iOS. I mean, yeah, I tapped install the button, of course I’m sure. You then get another full screen prompt like the one above (I ran out of images but it’s the same layout, just with different wording such as “AltStore Would Like To Install an App”). To AltStore’s credit, I was using a slow VPN into the EU, so I don’t know if the lack of progress indication for the first few seconds is their fault or mine. But eventually it shows a progress bar.

(Due to what I really hope is an AltStore bug and not an Apple bug, I can’t check if the app shows up with a progress bar on the home screen. I uninstalled Delta, and now I can’t install it any more! It still thinks it’s installed.)

Finally, the app is installed! Let’s open it! Tapping the Open button now shows another quarter-screen popup prompt like the above, asking if I’m sure I’d like to open the app. 🙄 Oh well, we got there eventually.

This goes back to me being conflicted about where we’re at with this. I both don’t like AltStore working with Apple as if to show that we’re ok with this solution, but also, it is important to show how bad Apple’s solution really is.

Make no mistake, if a teenager was able to build a jailbreak that puts a Cydia icon on the home screen with a download progress bar back on iOS 4.3 (2011!), Apple can do far better with user experience here. They know what they’re doing. The sloppiness of the whole process is intentional, and AltStore needing to charge €1.50/year is a barrier Apple fully intended to force upon marketplaces.

My bet is that Apple will use the shortcomings to argue to authorities that hey, look, nobody’s using this. Users hate it, the only positive user experience is our App Store. Could you drop the regulations and lawsuits, pretty please?

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

This is awesome! I haven’t used the app since the GBA4iOS days, and it’s so much better. Also nice to see Apple becoming more reasonable with their walled garden. Hopefully it’s a trend that continues.

[AltStore.io @altstoreio]

Delta — the app that started it all — is available NOW in the App Store!

Yes, you read that right: our long-rejected game emulator has been approved by Apple themselves 🍎

If you live outside the EU, download now from the App Store — no DMA required https://t.co/jytQgVJFp9

[AltStore.io @altstoreio]

Delta — the app that started it all — is available NOW in the App Store!

Yes, you read that right: our long-rejected game emulator has been approved by Apple themselves 🍎

If you live outside the EU, download now from the App Store — no DMA required https://t.co/jytQgVJFp9

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

wen eta

[Beta Profiles @BetaProfiles]

The European Commission has one more thing to do 🤡

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

5 years later…..

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

Better yet, add it on iPhones too and make room for proper battery percentage UI 👀 please @Apple?

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

I wish the “More Space” display scaling option was available on all iPads instead of just the M1s 😕

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

I’d like to see a subtle redesign to match the app icons to the current macOS style

[9to5Mac @9to5mac]

The current state of iOS 16 rumors.

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

@noah_mclain I’m on iOS 15 mostly because some of my school and work apps require it, but also because it’s been nearly a year since we’re gotten anything

[Ben Weaver @ben__weaver]

Anyone else miss jailbreaking? 😕