alt Hacker NewsGood for the total of eight users that will then use an alternative agent once it landed. Similar to the twelve people that use alternative app stores.
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The whole point is to try and avoid ending up in situations like this, where apple were able to extort 30% of app store revenue because they dictate how people are allowed to use their devices.
AltStore is hugely popular, and that is DESPITE Apple going out of their way to scare people into using the App Store.
> “We have hundreds of thousands of users,” AltStore co-founder Testut told TechCrunch in an interview. “Wonderful and good numbers.”
Zero idea if its true tho.
it's still being litigated wrt to alternative app stores: https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/04/epic-games-asks-u-s-supreme-c...
the core technology fee is a big obstacle to alternative app stores.
openclaw is massively popular. there is a lot of diversity in "persona" agents, which are different than coding agents or the agent apple demoed. they're not all the same.
i don't know, i don't think you have any idea what you are talking about.
Why make fun of freedom?
Have some dignity. We all deserve the right to fully own our general compute devices.