Timeline for Distribute an app directly to customers: MacOS vs. iOS
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| Mar 10, 2021 at 13:41 | comment | added | Velociround | I think mentioning a barely related, ongoing lawsuit that could take years to unfold with completely unknown results is not really appropriate for this answer. Epic Games wants to have its own app store so they can stranglehold people like they did with Steam on PC. They are not advocating for users being able to side load apps. They actually criticize Google for the side loading experience on Android. The other lawsuits are derived from this EGS fight. Even if successful, the answer would not be "sell directly to customers", as asked. It would be "Choose Apple App Store or Epic Games Store" | |
| Mar 10, 2021 at 13:02 | history | edited | Steve Chambers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
add a couple of caveats mentioned in comments
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| Mar 10, 2021 at 10:46 | comment | added | g6kxjv1ozn | @Wowfunhappy Can you post an answer with AltStore, it would be useful to know more :) | |
| Mar 10, 2021 at 10:45 | comment | added | g6kxjv1ozn | Thank you @SteveChambers. For completeness, can you include the options mentioned in the comments? "TestFlight", "Entreprise certificates", "AltStore", etc. (even if those don't apply to me, but it helps to get the big picture) | |
| Mar 9, 2021 at 17:03 | comment | added | Wowfunhappy | There are also enterprise certificates, if you're distributing an app for use within an organization. But OP would probably know about that already if it was an option. There's also AltStore, in theory... | |
| Mar 9, 2021 at 17:01 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | Or via TestFlight as long as you can live with the restrictions. | |
| Mar 9, 2021 at 16:43 | history | answered | Steve Chambers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |