I know that my blatant request for this might get me in trouble, but please help me, I'm in a third world country and i just won that iPhone in a contest, I got depressed after knowing the price of the game(which is literally a quarter of my dad's wage, he might go nuts if i told him to buy the game 😂)anyway, i don't want to return to my old infinix phone, please help😭🙏

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[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sell iphone
Buy Android
Install Minetest / Luanti.

Net positive from every angle.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 20 points 1 day ago

Well, simply not possible. Might not be what you want to hear, but iOS simply isn't for you if you're not prepared to pay for pretty much everything.

Unlike Android there's not a lot of good free stuff and you can't pirate anything on iOS.

[–] tfowinder@beehaw.org 11 points 1 day ago

You can't,

Don't forget that it's an iphone, you don't have any freedom.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Sell that iPhone and make enough so that your dad doesn’t have to work for the next couple of years.

[–] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

As a long time poor person myself, please don't give this sort advice. It doesn't help. When your poor, getting something like OPs competition win can make life feel not so glum. What you're saying is to sell happiness for slightly more security that will only last so long. Once the extra runs out, you're back where you were with zero ability to buy that 'luxury' back. Having something nice when your poor can make a big difference to mental health.

Also please don't assume that poor people don't know how to budget and that they need unsolicited financial advice from strangers who don't have any idea what their day to day circumstances and finances are.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is exactly right, and thanks for saying it. The assumption that poor people don't understand money is just so completely incorrect, and frankly damaging. Poor folks understand money (and specifically, what it can and can't do) better than anyone else on this earth.

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Agree W the first half

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His/her story wasn’t really plausible because if it was true parents would be the first to suggest and then do it.

[–] Easyccheese@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

My dad is not the type to do such a thing (neither is my mom). He's actually quite happy that I finally got a phone and will stop asking him to buy me a new one

[–] zero@feddit.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

I don't get the downvotes. It's sound advice. The phone is a depreciating asset and while I get the "status symbol" of an iPhone for kids, it's just a phone. My first iPhone coincidentally which I also won in a company contest was an iPhone 4, before that I just used a Chinese knock off Nokia 6300. Priorities man.

[–] Easyccheese@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

I didn't reach the age of consent for work yet, but thx for your advice

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

r/sideloaded has all the resources you need. I recommend sideloadly or altstore. Just remember, in all the free options, you can only sideload up to 3 apps at a time, and only register 10 apps per week. Once you get it on your phone, you’ll have to refresh it at least once a week, otherwise it expire and won’t open until you do

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 8 points 1 day ago

How about multicraft? It is a fork of Luanti that appears to be tolerated on the app store.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Can't.

[–] orochi02@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

What do you want mc for? Without sideloading, jailbreaking getting a leggit copy might not be too easy. If its just building and unleashing your creativity then the luanti fork someone Else mentioned might be right up your alley

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

Can sideload any app by self-sign without jailbreak, called testflight. Only last for 90 day, then resign. Maybe need pc to flash ipa, but any pc not apple only.

Need apple account, think also need activate developer thing for testflight.

Find minecraft ipa (maybe minecraft pocket edition) on internet. Apply usual caution for executable code downloaded from internet.