[pwdisswordfish9]

The reasons for the absence are pretty self-explanatory. iOS itself is proprietary.

First, someone would need to initiate a project to create a free software clone of iOS, like ReactOS re Windows or even GNU re UNIX. That's a worthwhile project in and of itself.

[mfuzzey]

The OS itself being proprietary isn't a reason to not have sideloading or alternative stores.

Windows is proprietary too yet you've always been able to download a .EXE from arbitary web sites.

[pwdisswordfish9]

> isn't a reason to not have sideloading or alternative stores

Who argued otherwise? On the topic of F-Droid in particular not being available for iOS, there _is_ a reason behind it.

[Jyaif]

> iOS itself is proprietary.

That's not a reason at all.

[pwdisswordfish9]

F-Droid is a free software catalogue.