AltStore – An alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices
iOS &amp; iPadOS devices would be so awesome if they could just run arbitrary software. The new iPad Pro is more powerful than my Lenovo T-Series laptop, and I would totally buy one if I could actually run e.g. Linux on it.<p>But unfortunately Apple deliberately cripples these devices. Really hope the EU will overthrow these hardware-facilitated software monopolies soon. The truth is Apple already makes quite sizeable profits with the hardware alone, so I think at least power users should be able to install arbitrary software on them. This whole &quot;the hardware can only run software approved by us&quot; is so ridiculous, really makes you wonder how companies doing this (not only Apple) can still get away with it.<p>Imaging Tesla would restrict which roads you can drive your car on, because just using arbitrary roads that haven&#x27;t been thoroughly reviewed by them for security and safety would be a risk to you. That&#x27;s essentially what Apple is doing with hardware that&#x27;s perfectly capable of running general-purpose software.