Siathes@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agoAny Lemmings (game) app suggestion for iOS preferably something indie or FOSS rather than Sony ?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareAny Lemmings (game) app suggestion for iOS preferably something indie or FOSS rather than Sony ?Siathes@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
Just got an itch to play lemmings-esque games on my tablet. Trying to convert things I do and like to foss versions.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·5 days agoIs there really any FOSS on iOS? With the app store cost, and sideloading being so problematic, it makes it much less attractive.
minus-squareB0raxlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoThere is. Look at openstreetmap for example, or Audiobookshelf, there is a lot.
minus-squareex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·edit-25 days agoIt’s actually “easier” to sustain a FOSS app on Apple for this reason You put a price tag to the client/app and there it is a business model without relying on donation, because the user cannot sideload without being a dev :)
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoHave you ever tried to install non-App Store apps on iOS? Because I have. It’s very limited.
minus-squareex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·5 days agoNo, because I cannot compile stuff Exactly why I said it’s easier to have people paying on iOS for foss There are no apk to just avoid stores
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·5 days agolooks like someone missed what the F stands for
minus-squareex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoFree as in freedom not just as in beer And paying for distribution is not the same as paying for the software…
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoand apple’s ecosystem doesn’t provide that either by making non dev sideloading extremely difficult.
minus-squareex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoI’m not sure I’m explaining myself well enough. That was my point since the beginning and you are not the first one repeating it lol
Is there really any FOSS on iOS?
With the app store cost, and sideloading being so problematic, it makes it much less attractive.
There is. Look at openstreetmap for example, or Audiobookshelf, there is a lot.
It’s actually “easier” to sustain a FOSS app on Apple for this reason
You put a price tag to the client/app and there it is a business model without relying on donation, because the user cannot sideload without being a dev :)
Have you ever tried to install non-App Store apps on iOS?
Because I have. It’s very limited.
No, because I cannot compile stuff
Exactly why I said it’s easier to have people paying on iOS for foss
There are no apk to just avoid stores
looks like someone missed what the F stands for
Free as in freedom not just as in beer
And paying for distribution is not the same as paying for the software…
and apple’s ecosystem doesn’t provide that either by making non dev sideloading extremely difficult.
I’m not sure I’m explaining myself well enough.
That was my point since the beginning and you are not the first one repeating it lol