#AskFedi Looking for ideas; What to do with #iPhones? I have a few, and while they work well as voice call "telephones" on 2G and 3G networks, and they have a respectable camera, otherwise they are mostly useless junk. But there must be some millions of these things out there.

I understand that the more modern devices, latest releases even are now being reduced to useless junk in some countries.

I've up to now not investigated much about so-called #jailbreaks, partly because there did not seem to be any easy access to applications to install on the thing anyway.

I used to be able to get some limited access to the app distribution operation run by #Apple Inc. but that now requires handing over personal data, and only for the tiny amount of apps still available for older #iOS

Of course, I would NEVER purchase one of these things and would never recommend to anyone to do so. Those I have were donations, although I did replace some batteries. I am not so happy with the idea of recycling perfectly funcional electronic devices. Recycling electronics (as in recovering the rare earth stuff) should really be a very last resort.

I suppose at some point, I might find time and inclination to investigate possibilities for actually owning these devices. But the question remains then still, what would you do with it?

* Did anybody ever create an archive of #apps for #iPhone?
* What are the issues, with compiling and running apps from source?
* Is it even worth looking at?