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Kraznaya 36 points ago +37 / -1

Yeah as a tech worker this is how we test apps internally before releasing them on the store. You have to modify your settings to allow 'third-party' or 'unknown' apps (depending on your version of Android) before hand though.

This is also how adult-content apps bypass big tech censorship. Ditch Apple!

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Ryanaissance 11 points ago +12 / -1

Yep, they're rotten to the Apple-core. Probably because there's a thirsty tree or something.

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FuckReddit4545 4 points ago +4 / -0

I thought Apple might have a touch of dignity when they didn't play ball with the FBI. Oh well, someone posted about a third party OS that works fairly well with modern devices. I'll have to dig that up.

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adameverton 1 point ago +1 / -0

Android is open source and it already has a very popular fork with Amazon's Fire OS. There is no reason to use anything other than Android. Google makes no money from Android itself (only via the bundled Google apps including the Play Store), and they cannot stop you from installing 3rd party apps using the .apk method. Even though Google is just as evil as Apple, they at least give you freedom to do what you want with the OS they helped create.