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Gab could use this as an opportunity to build up an app store of their own. Line has an in app store. Gab could too. Encourage users to side load gab, then you
by danjoc 9y ago
Gab could use this as an opportunity to build up an app store of their own. Line has an in app store. Gab could too.
Encourage users to side load gab, then you have a dedicated core audience who wants to support your platform. In app purchases could make them a ton of shared revenue. Apps, stickers, MAGA hats.
If Gab succeeds in replacing Twitter, they could generate further revenue by front running Wall Street with gabs. I can't imagine how Twitter has money problems when they have the POTUS making market moving tweets regularly.
- stcredzero 9y agoEncourage users to side load Is there a utility that makes side loading easier?
- sp332 9y agoWhich part? I mean you just download the APK and open it and it installs.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoThis is untrue. You first need to disable the block on sideloading in settings which is specifically named to scare users into not unchecking it. I've seen that checkbox as the sole reason someone wouldn't install Amazon.
- Spivak 9y agoYou're also forgetting that for an app store you have to keep that setting off because all the apps that come from that store are still from 'unknown sources' which defeats the purpose of having that security check in the first place. I really could care less about Gab but I would like to mark the packages from F-Droid as trusted and still distrust others.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoGoogle has actually fixed this in the latest version of Android (that nobody has): http://www.zdnet.com/article/android-oreo-google-has-just-made-app-installs-from-unknown-sources-a-lot-safer/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/android-oreo-google-has-just-ma...
- sigotirandolas 9y agoIt's pretty trivial on Android. It just requires marking an option in the settings, and after this, you can download and open the application's APK to install it.
- Grazester 9y agoHow can it get any easier than checking "Unknown Sources" in the security setting on Android?
- Spivak 9y agoEasy for people in this forum. Not easy for the general population. Also it's terribly insecure. It would be much easier to be say 'I trust App Store' and add it to the known sources and be able to keep unknown sources blocked.
- AstralStorm 9y agoNew versions of Android can set that for a single install. Pretty ok and you have to click through an extra security dialog. It is trivial to toggle and just hidden from users who have no idea. The main issue is not security, but trust - whether you trust the developer and source of the app. Security (via public key crypto) is still enforced. The real security issue there is lack of automatic updates.
- Grazester 9y agoIf you're not savvy enough a person to do this then you have no business messing with this. If you can't easily toggle this then how could I trust you were even competent enough to get that app from a source that has not maliciously tampered the app you are installing?
- Spivak 9y agoFine, but if that's the case it certainly ruins the argument that there's an alternative to Google Play for everyday users.
- danjoc 9y ago>Is there a utility that makes side loading easier? Yeah, it's called "The Play store banned my favorite app." Like youtube downloaders and ad blockers. That's a good way to make users ignore the scary "unchecking this box could damage your device" dialogs. Once you get a sizable base off the Play store, that can be used to promote all the valuable things the Play store doesn't permit.