F.lux is no longer available here (2015)

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28 points·MikusR··7 comments

Big discussion at the time:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10556375

616 points | Nov 12, 2015 | 407 comments

I expect Apple to start blocking more software that they build native features for and no longer want their users to use the third-party app. Apple users genuinely don't seem concerned enough to advocate for being able to install apps outside the app store. They remind me of the victim in an abusive relationship that knows something is wrong, but then turn around and defend their abuser.

This should have (2015) in the title.

And it's not available as an app but built-in to both iOS/OSX.

Why would Apple block something just because they finally added it as a native feature. Shouldn't users be allowed choice? Imagine Windows blocking third party task managers or Android blocking third-party calculators.

F.lux wasn't exactly native with it not being published on the app store. You would have had to "sideload" it with Xcode.

When a small number of people do this it's fine I think but Apple had an issue when 1000s started doing it.

Question - why couldn't they publish on app store instead?

> Question - why couldn't they publish on app store instead?

Apple doesn't allow apps that do the same thing as features they release / plan to release.

Flux became popular, Apple ripped it off, and blocked them from competing in the App Store. Just another data point for the antitrust lawsuit.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/flux-to-apple-let-our-blue-light-...

Note this is from 2015 and only about an iOS version that appears to have been made available outside of the app store somehow.

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