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You have to wonder exactly how these services promise to 'review' their apps posted there and seemingly have a ton of guidelines for what's allowed and what isn

by CM30 9y ago

You have to wonder exactly how these services promise to 'review' their apps posted there and seemingly have a ton of guidelines for what's allowed and what isn't... Then just completely ignore said guidelines while not doing anything close to a review. Seriously, do none of these rules can checked at all? https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/program_policies?csw=1#extensions https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/program_policies?csw=1... It's no better on the iOS store, Play Store, Steam, Windows Marketplace or anything else of a similar kind. Poor quality, scam apps and programs seem to waltz right through 'quality control' like it's non existent. Honestly, at this point the best 'walled garden' marketplace would probably be the fan game and mod equivalents. At least on the likes of MFGG and SMW Central you have human moderators physically test every single submission , then give detailed feedback on every single aspect of said submission (down to actual game design and mechanical implementations). Plus a perma ban system for anyone continually trying to submit crap. Makes me wonder what the Chrome Store or the Play Store or Steam would be like if they did that. Probably better, and with less questionable extensions like this in it.

andrewmcwatters 9y ago
> Makes me wonder what the Chrome Store or the Play Store or Steam would be like if they did that. You clearly don't remember when Valve Corporation required contractual agreements outside of the Steam Store to get sold on Steam. Greenlight, and its incarnations are all public options for selling on the digital distribution store. Most games sold then were by bonafide studios who had to reach out to Valve's sales contacts, and not children operating out of their parent's bedrooms making mods or "games" on Unity.

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You have to wonder exactly how these services promise to 'review' their apps posted there and seemingly have a ton of guidelines for what's allowed and what isn

by CM30 9y ago

andrewmcwatters 9y ago
> Makes me wonder what the Chrome Store or the Play Store or Steam would be like if they did that. You clearly don't remember when Valve Corporation required contractual agreements outside of the Steam Store to get sold on Steam. Greenlight, and its incarnations are all public options for selling on the digital distribution store. Most games sold then were by bonafide studios who had to reach out to Valve's sales contacts, and not children operating out of their parent's bedrooms making mods or "games" on Unity.