When is cydia coming to mac

For developers, particularly smaller developers, it offers an ability to compete on a level playing field where there's no need to worry about getting titles onto store shelves or making them available online and dealing with promotion, payment, and other details.

To a certain extent, I'm not surprised by this. Apple is only going to want to feature polished and stable titles and it is planning the Mac App Store as a solid storefront for sales, which obviously conflicts with the idea of bets or a shareware mentality. Of course, free but limited or ad-supported versions of titles, common in the iOS App Store, are also being excluded, which doesn't make a lot of sense though develoeprs could theoretically post betas or demos online outside of the Mac App Store.

As a result of these complaints, the creator of Cydia is planning to offer Cydia for Mac as an alternative app store for Mac users. If you're not familiar with Cydia , it is an alternate app store for jailbroken iOS devices.

It has a very app store-like feel and lives as an application on jailbroken devices and is installed by default by almost all jailbreaking tools. Cydia offers developers that choose not to adhere to Apple's development guidelines and App Store restrictions a place to showcase and offer their apps to users who have jailbroken their iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

And, if you're willing to jailbreak your iOS device which will void your warranty and could cause problems with the device in the future including exposure to malware, but which the Library of Congress ruled legal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act , there are a lot of innovative applications available via Cydia.

The question that I can't help asking is: what's the point of Cydia for Mac? Cydia for iOS meets a very clear challenge in that there is no other app store alternative for locating, purchasing, and installing non-approved iOS apps. This is because Apple is maintaining iOS as a closed platform. Mac OS X, however, is not a closed platform and isn't intended to become one. Apple's motivations for keeping it open may be varied, but the potential loss of major developers Microsoft and Adobe come immediately to mind if Apple cuts off non-App Store installation of software or enforces stringent guidelines would be disastrous for Apple and a death knell for the Mac.

Developers who eschew Apple's terms still have plenty of options for selling their software. Ultimately, there's nothing inherently wrong with Cydia for Mac joining these ranks, though some users may avoid the service simply because of it's association with jailbreaking iOS devices. Similarly, given its jailbreaking associations, it seems likely that Apple would try to dissuade users from Cydia fearing that comfort with the service for Macs might lead to more jailbreaking.

Whether this would be some type of explicit ban which I don't think would be wise or enforceable or more subtle, like Apple Store employees discouraging its use isn't clear. In the end, the plan just perplexes me because it just doesn't seem like something that users are lacking or are demanding to have for the Mac unlike on the iOS front. Put together, these reasons lead me to seriously wonder what, if any, kind of success Cydia for Mac might enjoy.

What do you think? Is there a need or potential demand for Cydia on the Mac? Work is ongoing to support Windows, which will be added in a later release. At the moment, checkra1n only supports installing Cydia. Support for other package managers, including Zebra and Installer is coming soon and is expected within the coming weeks.

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