• SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    I took an app development course in college. Everything was android and I tested on my own device, except one project had to be on apple. I managed to snag an ancient iPhone off a friend to test, but no, turns out you need a dev account to even be able to load your own code on your phone. Fuck apple forever.

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      Dev accounts are free. It’s only when you want to post stuff to the store that you start paying.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Did this change? It was about a decade ago. I could develop and test on an emulated device, but testing on hardware was 100% locked behind a $100 paywall.

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        6 months ago

        You mean when you want to make it available to download in the only way Apple makes possible? It’s not like you can just send the apk to someone to run on their iPhone, if you want to share the app with others on an iPhone, you have to use the Apple App Store, you have to pay them $100 + the cost of an Apple computer. Just to share your FOSS app with your friends.

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          If dev accounts are free your friends can get their own accounts and load the app.

              • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
                1·
                6 months ago

                You’re not even good at whataboutism, lol. Changing one setting is not even comparable to Apple’s perfection. The message that you need to allow it first even takes you straight to the setting.

                  • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
                    1·
                    6 months ago

                    Not really: You don’t need to log in. That is more effort than enabling sources ;)

                    Don’t forget that registration also requires an email account! And a phone number! All of that is not necessary for sideloading in Android.