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  • Sideloading is quite bad. If you’re in the EU, I know you can use AltStore PAL, which costs money (~€1.50 a year), but all you’ll be getting is emulators, virtual machines, clipboard managers, and torrent clients.

    There is another method for sideloading that works anywhere and lets you download modified apps, but it is very limited, tedious, and probably insecure. I’ve done it, it’s not worth it. Better to stay on android or use a browser with adblock or something.

    I don’t think iOS has any specific limits to do with NSFW stuff, I’ve never heard of anything anyways.

    Pirating games is probably not going to be worth it either since you have to sideload apps with the second method.

    Other types of piracy are probably fine. If you have AltStore PAL you can get a torrent client and an emulator.













  • you can’t move that account somewhere else.

    That means you can migrate between servers and keep all your friends and followers, something that’s currently not possible in the Fediverse.

    It absolutely is possible to move accounts between instances on the fediverse. I’ve done it multiple times.

    It does have some quirks tho. Posts aren’t migrated to your new account. (Some fedi software lets you migrate posts, but from what I hear it’s kinda jank).

    It’s not seamless, but the option is there, and you won’t lose any friends or followers (unless they’re defederated or something)

    Bluesky accounts seem like they’ll be more portable than fediverse accounts but I don’t know much about it



  • There are ads on the app store, which I’d consider to be part of the “primary operating system”, especially since it’s the only way to install apps.

    Not to mention constant ads for icloud. In the photos app, and even notifications from the settings app. (It’s possible to turn these off, but not easy or intuitive).

    After switching to Android, I haven’t seen a single ad in the operating system, (I think Play Store does have ads, I just haven’t got any for some reason). The closest thing is Google photos sometimes asking me to turn on backup.


  • For F-Droid in specific, you’ll need an F-Droid client. I use Droid-ify (GitHub) (F-Droid) (IzzyOnDroid), but you can use whichever you prefer. F-Droid is a good source for open source apps.

    If you’re sideloading from different sources, Obtanium (GitHub) (IzzyOnDroid) is useful to download apps, and keep them updated. You can even kinda use it as an F-Droid client.

    Google is pretty lax on what it allows on Google play, so unless you’re trying to avoid using Google services or you want to install apps that aren’t on the play store, you don’t need to do it.

    If you want adbocking and extra features in some apps (especially YouTube), check out ReVanced.

    Google isn’t lying - there are risks to sideloading if you don’t know what you’re doing. Make sure what you’re downloading is coming from legitimate sources you trust. For example, if you look up ReVanced, some unofficial websites show up which may have malware. Triple check everything is coming from an official source.