I would prefer if they were not based in the US, both for jurisdiction reasons and cultural reasons (no offense to sane Americans).
no offense to sane Americans
I don’t think any reasonable american would take offense. I would prefer it wasn’t either.
There’s only one type to take offense to that. We were embarrassing before this and we’ll be sure to embarrass ourselves in the future. It’s the American way.
No offense taken, we suck
Is your country taking American Refugees yet?
We have a war on, so probably not the best destination right now.
Venture capital backed which means it will inevitably go to shit
How does this even matter if phone manufacturers block apps that aren’t approved by them? Forgive my ignorance, never done much mobile dev stuff
You can sideload apps on iOS. There are however highly annoying limitations.
This article vaguely hints but doesn’t actually say anywhere that this is for iOS apps
It says app store, not play store.
It says “alternative app store”, not “alternative iOS app store”, “alternative to Apple’s App Store” or even “alternative App Store”. The term “app store” is used pretty generally nowadays, there’s no implication in the title that it’s even talking about mobile apps!