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Adam Demasi
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Adam Demasi writes kirbblog, a personal blog at adamdemasi.com about programming and systems. Since 2024, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The iOS 17.4 app marketplace flow is a disaster”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-07-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Adam Demasi's posts on the friction of installing third-party app marketplaces on iOS in the EU and on the history of the Windows NT 4 Start menu. Comments use them as reference points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The iOS 17.4 app marketplace flow is a disaster2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-16
- I tricked iOS into giving me EU DMA features2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-04-24
What Hacker News says?
>Here's the general experience: > https://adamdemasi.com/2024/04/19/app-marketplace-experience ... The guide on alt store only lists 3 steps[1]. The link you posted is breaking those steps into as many steps as possible for dramatic effect. [1] https://altstore.io/download
Comment linking /2024/04/19/app-marketplace-experience
on “Apple's Hold on the App Store Is Loosening, at Least in Europe”Submitted I tricked iOS into giving me EU DMA features as a story · 5 points
HN discussionFYI, the Apple flow of installing the third-party marketplace is (unsurprisingly) designed to be a pain in the ass. Here's the general experience: https://adamdemasi.com/2024/04/19/app-marketplace-experience... For me, installing the Epic Games Store was such a weird experience that felt very un-Apple-like. I recommend people (in EU) try it out for themselves just to see what it's like: https://store.epicgames.com/e…
Comment linking /2024/04/19/app-marketplace-experience.html
on “Apple's Hold on the App Store Is Loosening, at Least in Europe”Submitted I tricked iOS into giving me EU DMA features as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThere is more. For example his Start menu story turned out to be bogus too: https://adamdemasi.com/2024/07/24/windows-nt-4-start-menu-wa...
Comment linking /2024/07/24/windows-nt-4-start-menu-watermark.html
on “Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB to run on 90s comps”Submitted The iOS 17.4 app marketplace flow is a disaster as a story · 1 points
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