Independent app store Aptoide has launched on iOS in Europe after the Digital Markets Act was introduced earlier this y…
          • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            altstore can also be a non-apple non-altstore ios store if you live in the eu and pay them a fee, and it added that as a feature wayyy before aptoide (like you can install altstore officially without using the altstore workaround)

        • ChuckEffingNorris@lemmy.mlEnglish
          335·
          6 months ago

          I also can make up statistics.

          The concept of f droid is great. The UI and UX absolutely suck.

          However it is functional, it is free and isn’t run by a limitlessly budgeted mega corp.

        • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
          115·
          6 months ago

          I can’t think of any right-minded person who thinks their UI is snappy and modern. And then the terrible app exploration features. No reviews. Half the apps don’t even have pictures. No videos. Lackluster app descriptions.

          Tell me you haven’t used GPlay store and Apple AppStore in a long time without telling me.

            • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
              86·
              6 months ago

              Reviews are no privacy concern. You write this here and you’re not concerned for your privacy either.

              Their UI is utter trash.

              You clearly haven’t used other app stores recently. Else you knew what the level of expectation is these days.

                • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  26·
                  6 months ago

                  Thinks that are wrong and bad UI design in my opinion:

                  • the green and blue don’t work at all together. Generally the coloring is quiet extravagant everywhere, especially with the message “this app has been built for an older version […]”
                  • the spacings and margins aren’t coherent everywhere. Like in the app description where the margin to the bottom is okey but to the sides it’s much smaller and almost non-existent.
                  • the grid cells don’t really stand out enough. White on White with such little shadown and spacing inbetween doesn’t work.
                  • the animations are janky and unpolished.
                  • no support for Material UI 3
                  • buttons have too little padding inside around the icon. Buttons are generally a little too small
      • Rustmilian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        6 months ago

        Yes, on Android. From my own investigations, it appears to have a really bad malware problem despite it’s claims of scanning for malware, especially for the free distributions of paid apps from the Google Play Store, which constitutes piracy and copyright infringement raising ethical issues.

  • anticurrent@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    54·
    6 months ago

    This once again shows how the EU is toothless. making laws just for a show while allowing big tech to circumvent them while waving a big fat finger to the EU’s face.