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		Illniyar on Sept 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-ba... You need to create a developer account, learn how to use xCode (not at all trivial), and even with all that you need to reinstall it every 7 days. Effectively sideloading does not exist. The fact that 0.001 percent of people who own an iPhone can, with great effort, sideload apps is irrelevant.

hesk on Sept 3, 2019 [–]

You don't need a developer account anymore to sideload apps on iOS.

elevenoh on Sept 4, 2019 | [–]

But you still must reinstall every 7 days?

hesk on Sept 4, 2019 | | [–]

Yes, that is still a thing.

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