titanium backup has been made obsolete by swift backup

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If we’re talking about loading apps - as in the subject of this post - pretty much exactly the same. Registered developer account, a walled garden ecosystem, etc.

they’re not the same at all. even after this registration change fully rolls out it will still be much easier to sideload apks on android than ipa on ios.

you cannot distribute updates at all on ios without their review and there’s no ability to sideload with random apps. you can now and still can easily do this on android especially for registered businesses that do sideloading.

i work professionally releasing on both platforms and it’s so much easier releasing to production vs apple who suddenly rejected future updates until i changed the screenshots to fit their aesthetic.

they’re not “pretty much exactly the same” for developers nor consumers.

it would have to get much worse in order for an android enthusiast to move to a worse platform for developers.

they would rather go full linux than ios

can i a(i)db on iphone to permanently install applications?

you can use adb without unlocking bootloader