Official site: https://www.iceblock.app/
The CNN article talks a bit more about privacy issues. This bit caught my eye:
It’s only available on iOS because Aaron says the app would have to collect information that could ultimately put users at risk to provide the same experience on Android.
I would like to see some details about this. Perhaps there’s a way to work around that problem, even if it meant publishing on F-Droid instead of Google Play.
Why not just release it as a self install not connected to an appstore?
Yeah. They literally relying on ios walled garden.
Not disagreeing. The issues that come with it:
1 - Not many people will install it because you have to disable default security features. Android gives a huge “Your device is insecure” scary message.
2 - Then you’ll get the people who will use this for malicious reasons. Even the app store gets copycats that do nothing but steal information.
Regarding (1), it still gets the network effect because of iOS users. That it’s harder for android users to install does not mean the marginal utility of an android user installing the app is lower than that of an iOS user installing the app.