> If you don't like it, don't buy it. No one on HN needs a crash course in market economics, choice, and free will. Un-substantive comments are strongly discou

> If you don't like it, don't buy it. No one on HN needs a crash course in market economics, choice, and free will. Un-substantive comments are strongly discouraged. > Do you honestly believe that the majority of iPad owners care about sideloading apps or what browser engine is running while they look at Facebook? No - but app devs like Facebook, who end up serving the end user, definitely care. At some point, it won't be worth the hassle of submitting to anal-cavity searches by Apple, just to list on the app store. I personally think the time has already arrived, as ZERO new apps [1] get installed. Netflix & co have already started to disallow subscription purchases via the store, the time to bypass it completely is nigh - except for the chronic stymieing of the browser engine on iDevices by Apple to protect it's app store hegemony. [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/25/majority-of-u-s-consumers-still-download-zero-apps-per-month-says-comscore/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/25/majority-of-u-s-consumers-...