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If I was running a store that represented my brand I would make sure every piece of third-party content was curated, showed things that catered to my audience,

If I was running a store that represented my brand I would make sure every piece of third-party content was curated, showed things that catered to my audience, and minimised my legal liabilities. I would want my store to reflect my brand's values and culture. How is it that we expect app stores to show anything and everything anyone submits? And how does this prevent the open web from continuing? You seem to be upset that people like curation and are drawn to heavily curated App Stores. Meaning that such things gather large audiences. But people can compile and run their own code on the platform. And it has actually gotten easier and cheaper — not more difficult — over time.

themartorana 11y ago
I like curation where it ensures a base level of functionality and quality. I don't want ideas curated. I can do that for myself, thank you. I don't need a corporation presuming parental control over me or any other adult.
- interpol_p 11y ago
  But that's not really up to you, is it? If it's my store, my platform, then I get to decide what products are going to represent my brand. If I was running the Disney store, for example, I would want all my third-party products to be family friendly. It would be crazy for someone to yell "censorship!" because I was disallowing products with mature themes from being sold at my store. This is how shops work: they pick what represents their brand so that customers who like their choices can just walk in and browse their products. Apple wants their App Store to be family friendly. They don't want apps that deal with serious or divisive political issues, they don't want apps which represent them in a bad light, and they don't want apps that are going to shock or horrify their customers. You and I can make these decisions for ourselves. That's why it's great that we can download code from the Internet and build it for our own devices.

themartorana 11y ago

I like curation where it ensures a base level of functionality and quality. I don't want ideas curated. I can do that for myself, thank you. I don't need a corporation presuming parental control over me or any other adult.

interpol_p 11y ago
But that's not really up to you, is it? If it's my store, my platform, then I get to decide what products are going to represent my brand. If I was running the Disney store, for example, I would want all my third-party products to be family friendly. It would be crazy for someone to yell "censorship!" because I was disallowing products with mature themes from being sold at my store. This is how shops work: they pick what represents their brand so that customers who like their choices can just walk in and browse their products. Apple wants their App Store to be family friendly. They don't want apps that deal with serious or divisive political issues, they don't want apps which represent them in a bad light, and they don't want apps that are going to shock or horrify their customers. You and I can make these decisions for ourselves. That's why it's great that we can download code from the Internet and build it for our own devices.