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This is why app stores are fundamentally a horrible idea for the web and I'm surprised we aren't more enraged by them. They put ALL the control of which apps c
by burtonator 8y ago
This is why app stores are fundamentally a horrible idea for the web and I'm surprised we aren't more enraged by them.
They put ALL the control of which apps can be used in the hands of 3-4 companies.
Sure, you can go out and write your own app and side load it but you're only going to have 1-3k users.
Additionally, what if you live in a country that doesn't have these "laws" ? why can't people run my app if they want?
- sandov 8y agoI've used this same argument against package managers on Linux many times, but apparently people want to keep doing things the centralized way, because all I get when I do is people telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about, and that package managers and centralized repos are easier to use.
- baroffoos 8y agoPackage managers allow you to very trivially add new repo sources which you often have to do if you want packages newer than the packaged version for your distro.