Comment by Riley Testut

In practice though, the current App Store situation has some significant problems which are getting harder and harder to ignore — several of which Congress’ antitrust report explicitly call out, such as requiring developers to implement in-app purchases or risk being thrown out of the App Store. [...] So to celebrate AltStore’s first birthday, I decided to finally write up my thoughts on the App Store — including why I went through all this effort in the first place and why I believe sideloading is ultimately the right long-term solution for iOS. I know my opinions won’t be shared by everyone, but hopefully my perspective will at least shine some light on the real value sideloading adds today to the platform, not just in a hypothetical future.