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		Gigachad 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Power... Which is not unreasonable for something listed in the App Store. It is unreasonable that you can’t sideload though.

phire 54 days ago [–]

I'm pretty sure the $99 fee is explicitly there to prevent "normal" users from side-loading.

eddythompson80 54 days ago | | [–]

It could be playing 2 roles, acting as a limiting gate for the App Store spam and preventing a simple 2 step tutorial to enable side loading.

notnmeyer 54 days ago | | [–]

yeah, this also makes sense

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