Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for Torrent Client, Developer Left in the Dark * TorrentFreak

torrentfreak.com Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for Torrent Client, Developer Left in the Dark * TorrentFreak

Apple has inexplicably revoked the EU distribution rights for the iTorrent app, and left its developer in the dark without answers.

While alternative app stores operate independently and are required by EU law, Apple is still in a position to exert some control. This became apparent a few weeks ago, when iTorrent users suddenly ran into trouble when installing the app.

Thought this was an interesting story, since it's pretty analagous to the recent Android situation, with third party app stores being enabled to some extent, but the company retaining ultimate censorship power.

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it's not an alternative if they still have final say.
it's also not your property if the company can dictate what you run on it either. Stop giving these scum your money.
- Yeah, neither Android nor iOS is good. We should all be buying linux devices, like this: https://starlabs.systems/pages/starlite
  
  How, pray tell, is that a replacement for a phone??
  
  How useable is Linux phone compare to Android/iPhone?
  
  They don't have any in the U.S unfortunatly. They wont sell the radios to access our cell networks to companies that wont do what they want them to do. Like lock bootloaders, ban apps they dont like, etc.

Are third party iOS app stores available on the US?
- No. But we can sideload. Two apps for free, have to be authorized every 7 days. (It’s actually three, but the app that does this for you takes a slot, so that and two others.)
  You can also get a developer license for $99/year that lets you do unlimited with a much longer authorization window.
  
  Is it worth it? All things considered? Genuinely asking.
  
  does it really have that limitation? I sideloaded a tweaked copy of spotify like 2 years ago and haven't had to do anything to maintain it since.

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