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Ask HN: Why can't we have an open android and apple store

2 points by micheal_1501 8y ago

micheal_1501 8y ago
Recently My playstore account got terminated for unknown reason as none my apps suspended for copyright issues or policy violations. I got to know through various web articles that there is only 1% of chance of my account getting restored. I have invested last two years into android app development and now all that hardwork is gone for nothing in the blink of eye just because a fucking bot figured out that there is some crazy violation that I have never committed. Currently I am dejected don't know what to do and I don't want other developers to get affected in the same manner. So the question why can't we have a community playstore, appstore similar to package managers eg :- npm. Please somebody build such store and we all should force google so that It wont show a warning when we try to install apps from that store.
- anoncoward111 8y ago
  I feel your plight. I can't imagine putting all that hard work into a project and then it is killed forever because some corporation says "Die." Unfortunately most consumers seem to prefer convenience over ethics, so I'm not sure the situation will be fixed any time soon :(
  - micheal_1501 8y ago
    Thanks for your kind words.
- ac4tw 8y ago
  That's terrible. The opacity of app store developer interactions frustrates me greatly. I was actually thinking something similar to your suggestion the other day for an entirely different reason. Specifically, trust based integrations to SCM so that users could be more certain their devices were running the same code published as open source (it stemmed from a discussion on HN where some folks mentioned that the only real way to know what's running on your device is to rev. engineer it / decompile it). It would be great if we could have more confidence that an open source app is indeed running the code published to it's production branch.
  - micheal_1501 8y ago
    Yeah, If we could have a playstore or an appstore alternative shipped with new devices that would decrease the monopoly of these tech giants.
edent 8y ago
Here's the one I use for Android. https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/
- micheal_1501 8y ago
  Thanks for the reply. Does it available on playstore

2 points by micheal_1501 8y ago

Recently My playstore account got terminated for unknown reason as none my apps suspended for copyright issues or policy violations. I got to know through various web articles that there is only 1% of chance of my account getting restored. I have invested last two years into android app development and now all that hardwork is gone for nothing in the blink of eye just because a fucking bot figured out that there is some crazy violation that I have never committed. Currently I am dejected don't know what to do and I don't want other developers to get affected in the same manner. So the question why can't we have a community playstore, appstore similar to package managers eg :- npm. Please somebody build such store and we all should force google so that It wont show a warning when we try to install apps from that store.

anoncoward111 8y ago
I feel your plight. I can't imagine putting all that hard work into a project and then it is killed forever because some corporation says "Die." Unfortunately most consumers seem to prefer convenience over ethics, so I'm not sure the situation will be fixed any time soon :(
- micheal_1501 8y ago
  Thanks for your kind words.
ac4tw 8y ago
That's terrible. The opacity of app store developer interactions frustrates me greatly. I was actually thinking something similar to your suggestion the other day for an entirely different reason. Specifically, trust based integrations to SCM so that users could be more certain their devices were running the same code published as open source (it stemmed from a discussion on HN where some folks mentioned that the only real way to know what's running on your device is to rev. engineer it / decompile it). It would be great if we could have more confidence that an open source app is indeed running the code published to it's production branch.
- micheal_1501 8y ago
  Yeah, If we could have a playstore or an appstore alternative shipped with new devices that would decrease the monopoly of these tech giants.

edent 8y ago

Here's the one I use for Android. https://f-droid.org/ https://f-droid.org/

micheal_1501 8y ago
Thanks for the reply. Does it available on playstore