Hello everyone!

Today Apple announced how they will “allow” sideloading. It requires: Authorization for marketplace developers, Notarization for iOS apps and other stuff that means one thing - Apple still will to be in control of app distribution outside an AppStore by forcing anyone to be approved by them. This is NOT how freedom should work, and EU DMA offers much more than a control of what we can do with devices that we own.

Instead of doing such things, Apple may:

• Allow to unlock bootloader, so we can develop our own operating system to use with our own apps and ios purchases
• Allow to sideload apps normally, like we all do on macOS

However, it's not for them.

We will continue our fight against this monopoly, and right now we have legal grounds and protection by EU DMA to do so.

Following our wish, we are announcing that appdb will become official AppStore in 2024, with providing to developers real freedom and as much support as we can in terms of features. Soon, we are launching:

• Feature-perfect app installations (with usage of your own developer accounts at the moment, or any other methods that will be discovered)
• Initiative for everyone to sue Apple for their limitations in the EU
• Ability for legitimate developers to publish apps on appdb with control of their derivatives (tweaked or patched apps)
• Freedom of choice - while we will provide replacements for Apple APIs for apps, in-app purchases, subscriptions with much less fees, etc, and you still can use your own payment processing methods
• Knowledge website regarding Apple monopoly, sideloading, metrics that they collect regarding your apps - where we will explain how they are restricting your freedom and what you can do against it. We have 10 years of experience in this area

This is how it should work. No matter to say that is not Apple business to look into what we want to use on our own devices.

If you are developer, lawyer or payment processing company in European Union, feel free to contact us via [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) - to get access to private beta of all upcoming features and form the shape of real alternative marketplace that is under YOUR control - it is better to build freedom together.

Best regards, appdb team.