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Ship the iOS beta through TestFlight instead of sideload-only? #615
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The iOS build is currently an unsigned IPA that has to be sideloaded. That
works, but it locks out the people the app is otherwise perfect for: iPhone
and iPad users with no computer, since on iOS 26 a sideload without a machine
needs a signing certificate most users don't have.
TestFlight would remove that wall:
The blocker is the $99/yr Apple Developer Program membership, which the repo
suggests isn't there yet (CODE_SIGNING.md still reads "once Concat has a
signing certificate"). AltStore PAL isn't a substitute — it's EU, Japan and
Brazil only.
So: would you consider it if the fee were covered? I'm willing to sponsor the
first year. If TestFlight is a no for now, an ad-hoc build with testers' UDIDs
registered would also work, but that needs the same account, so it's the same
decision.
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