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"3) Users should be able to trust everything in a curated app store, or else there's not much point to those 30% fees." Isn't the appeal of Google's app store

by YooLi 16y ago

"3) Users should be able to trust everything in a curated app store, or else there's not much point to those 30% fees." Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Anyone can sign up and submit anything. And Apple has never let a "(benign) root exploit" through approval.

ekidd 16y ago
Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Yes and no. As a developer, I certainly love the relative ease and freedom of Google's Market. But as user, I don't want to fear clicking "Download" or "Buy". Apple succeeds, in part, because their App Store provides a certain measure of trust, and users are willing to open their wallets. At a minimum, Google needs to respond quickly to malware reports, and to enforce anti-piracy rules vigorously. Allowing attackers to pirate and republish apps allows them to attack many more users than they could reach by developing malicious-but-popular applications from scratch. And Apple has never let a "(benign) root exploit" through approval. Yeah, I think that was an incorrect statement on my part. Apple has passed major, hidden functionality that violates their policies, but I was mistaken in thinking a root exploit was involved. For a mea culpa, see the thread at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2279823 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2279823
alex_c 16y ago
>Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Anyone can sign up and submit anything. Android allows installing apps from sources other than the Market, so this isn't that big a deal. A free-for-all app store does have disadvantages, like app spam, rampant copyright infringement, and apparently malware.
jad 16y ago
Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? That's the appeal for some developers, but probably not for most users.
originalgeek 16y ago
> Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Anyone can sign up and submit anything. If you're a "I like to let anyone install anything in my phone" kind of person, I suppose so.

by YooLi 16y ago

ekidd 16y ago

Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Yes and no. As a developer, I certainly love the relative ease and freedom of Google's Market. But as user, I don't want to fear clicking "Download" or "Buy". Apple succeeds, in part, because their App Store provides a certain measure of trust, and users are willing to open their wallets. At a minimum, Google needs to respond quickly to malware reports, and to enforce anti-piracy rules vigorously. Allowing attackers to pirate and republish apps allows them to attack many more users than they could reach by developing malicious-but-popular applications from scratch. And Apple has never let a "(benign) root exploit" through approval. Yeah, I think that was an incorrect statement on my part. Apple has passed major, hidden functionality that violates their policies, but I was mistaken in thinking a root exploit was involved. For a mea culpa, see the thread at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2279823 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2279823

alex_c 16y ago

>Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Anyone can sign up and submit anything. Android allows installing apps from sources other than the Market, so this isn't that big a deal. A free-for-all app store does have disadvantages, like app spam, rampant copyright infringement, and apparently malware.

jad 16y ago

Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? That's the appeal for some developers, but probably not for most users.

originalgeek 16y ago

> Isn't the appeal of Google's app store that it isn't curated? Anyone can sign up and submit anything. If you're a "I like to let anyone install anything in my phone" kind of person, I suppose so.