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> There is no coffin, the walled gardens are not dying, and have long since become the norm, which happened because the people found them to be better than the
by Mindwipe 7y ago
> There is no coffin, the walled gardens are not dying, and have long since become the norm, which happened because the people found them to be better than the alternative: getting apps (and manually updating them) from many different sources of varying quality and convenience.
No they haven't. Given a fair choice customers have opted for the alternative the vast majority of the time.
The walled garden models have only worked when companies have engaged in anti-competitive behaviour.
- Razengan 7y ago> Given a fair choice customers have opted for the alternative the vast majority of the time. As in, Steam versus... Buying and downloading directly from the publishers' websites? The Xbox and PlayStation stores? The Nintendo eShop?
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoThe stores of the console makers use the same anti-competitive platform lock-in as Apple and Google. Steam is the alternative where you get to choose where to install things from -- one of those places is Steam. Installing Steam doesn't prevent you from installing other software from the developer's website or the Linux package manager or Windows store or wherever you like.