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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/115333718702902290

So hype about this partnership with @altstore.io!

@rileytestut and @shanegillio truly walk the walk, and we've been fans for a long time, so we were more than excited to build this bridge with them.

With Bridgy Fed, the AltStore is […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@akamatchstic thanks Matt! Glad you’ve been around to see the whole ride 😄

Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@quillmatiq stoked to be working with y’all as well 😄

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Mike McCue @mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hello fediverse,

The AltStore is federating! It’s time to give developers and users an open platform to directly connect with each other while drastically improving app discovery. I believe so much in this mission that I joined their board to help.

More here from @rileytestut […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@mike so excited to have you on board!

Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Between expanding worldwide and adding Fediverse integration, the next year will be an incredibly exciting time for AltStore! Alternative app marketplaces are needed more than ever now, and we’ll continue to do our best to open up the iOS app ecosystem as much as possible.

For much more […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

While this solves our problems, we are far from the only Fediverse project that could use some funding and we want to support the growth of the entire ecosystem.

So to give back to the open social web, we’re also donating $500,000 total to these incredible Fediverse-related projects 🎉 […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

So in order to grow the team, I’m thrilled to announce AltStore has received an investment of $6 million USD from @cpaik! Chris was an early investor in Patreon & Twitch, and we’ve been close ever since he sideloaded the manga reader Paperback with AltStore years ago

Additionally, Flipboard CEO […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

To get this all done however, we realized we needed more help.

From the beginning it’s been just @shanegill.io and I working on everything thanks to donations to our Patreon, but the truth is we’re starting to reach the limit of what just 2 people can do — and that’s without joining the […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

That's not all, we'll also be officially launching AltStore PAL in Brazil, Japan, and Australia later this year, with UK to follow in 2026 🌏

This is the first time alternative app marketplaces will be available outside the EU and we are doing everything we can to get ready — stay tuned!

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Yes it’s true, AltStore is joining the Fediverse 🥳

Developers can now federate apps, updates, and news alerts to the open social web via our custom Mastodon server, and all likes, boosts, and comments will appear natively in AltStore.

We plan to release this officially soon — but you can check […]

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sam henri gold @samhenrigold.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4d

idk if this is a bug or not but on iOS 26 you can fling around and rotate the safari details sheet

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The Iconfactory @iconfactory.iconfactory.world.ap.brid.gy · 8d

:tapestry_app: Iconfactory Tapestry 1.3 arrives on iOS 26 with stunning support for Liquid Glass, timeline treats like displaying Mastodon quoted posts and nicer polls, the ability to adjust font size within Tapestry and a native macOS app.

Your personal timeline app just got a whole lot better […]

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 9d

"The idea that Apple is so committed to its users' privacy that it will exit a major market rather than expose users to surveillance risks is an obvious lie – just ask China." https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/empty-threats/#500-million-affluent-consumers

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@jmovs does manually reinstalling apps from Settings work? Internally that’s a different process than installing, so it might work around whatever the issue is

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@WLBORg @stroughtonsmith I guess I feel a little better then 😅 the whole MarketplaceKit framework is extremely buggy, but not sure if they’re using that internally (I think TestFlight is though)

Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@jmovs are any apps appearing in My Apps by chance? Also are you on iOS 26 or 26.1?

We’re seeing similar reports and are looking into it, seems there’s an issue with restoring apps from alternative app stores in general unfortunately 😕

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Steve Troughton-Smith @stroughtonsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Convenient: my iPhone Air has been stuck on 'iCloud Restore in Progress, 100MB remaining' for a week, after the second device wipe. What was stuck, you ask? Turns out it was the Epic Games Store 😛 What happens when you cancel the Restore in Progress? It deletes the Epic Games Store, of course […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

@stroughtonsmith yuuuup can confirm we’re seeing several reports similar to this with AltStore, definitely seems there’s something up with the restore process for alternative app stores 🙃

FWIW manually restoring the store + apps in Settings can sometimes help, but yeah it’s a whole mess

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

@jmovs hmmm are you seeing an error when installing apps? Or is it just installing forever?

Also are the apps offloaded by chance? (As in they’re visible on Home Screen, but not installed yet)

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

@timo don’t tell them that 😂

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

IMO if Apple’s worst, most egregious example of a harmful and dangerous app that’s now available through sideloading is *checks notes* porn…I think we’re doing OK https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/the-digital-markets-acts-impacts-on-eu-users/

Excerpt from Apple newsroom post about DMA:

• New exposure to harmful apps: For the
first time, pornography apps are available
on iPhone from other marketplaces —
apps we've never allowed on the App
Store because of the risks they create,
especially for children. That includes Hot
Tub, a pornography app that was
announced by AltStore earlier this year.
The DMA has also brought gambling apps
to iPhone in regions where they are
prohibited by law.

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

@stroughtonsmith like clockwork every time there’s a new non-Pro 😂

Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26d

Bringing back the Virtual Boy was NOT on my 2025 bingo card #nintendodirect

Virtual Boy promo image for Nintendo Switch Online

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26d

@connor_g oh man what a throwback