Siathes to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 4 months agoAny Lemmings (game) app suggestion for iOS preferably something indie or FOSS rather than Sony ?message-square12fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareAny Lemmings (game) app suggestion for iOS preferably something indie or FOSS rather than Sony ?Siathes to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 4 months 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-square@ex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink-2•edit-24 months 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-square@BearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilink7•4 months agoHave you ever tried to install non-App Store apps on iOS? Because I have. It’s very limited.
minus-square@ex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink-1•4 months 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]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•4 months agolooks like someone missed what the F stands for
minus-square@ex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink5•4 months 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]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoand apple’s ecosystem doesn’t provide that either by making non dev sideloading extremely difficult.
minus-square@ex_06@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink0•4 months 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
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