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I wish there was a good model between Apple's app store, and Androids. It cant be totally open (because then you get apps that hack bank accounts), but too clos

I wish there was a good model between Apple's app store, and Androids. It cant be totally open (because then you get apps that hack bank accounts), but too closed (see: Apple) and you run into really ironic issues, like the one Marco brings up. HN, what's in between?

blasdel 16y ago
The real problem is that pure content is being treated as an application. There needs to be a separate whole section of the iTunes Store for this shit: Music, Movies, TV, Apps, Interactive. It'd come with its own Webkit-based development environment, like Apple is doing for their new iTunesLP format (and did for Dashboard). The people making these pointless apps don't really give a shit about integrating with the phone, and they aren't doing anything they couldn't do in Mobile Safari -- they're in the App Store to get paid.