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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 1 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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vortico ◴[13 Aug 20 22:33 UTC] No.24150403[source]▶
I'm a software developer considering releasing a mobile version of my software. Is there a way to completely bypass the iOS app store and allow users to download and install iOS apps from Safari? I hear stories like this all the time and don't want to touch the App Store one bit.

Can this be done with Android? Perhaps I could release for Android-only and allow the app to be downloaded with Chrome.

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1. jkepler ◴[13 Aug 20 22:39 UTC] No.24150483[source]▶
On iOS a user would have to jailbreak their device, voiding their warrantee. Only other way I can think of would be a 100% web app, not an installable app, if you want to avoid the Apple App store.

On Android you can distribute your app via the f-droid app store (if its libre/free/open source), or other 3rd party stores like Amazon's app store. You can also allow users to directly download you .apk file from your own website.