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I consider my iPhone to be a computer. It’s possible for some middle ground here. If there’s an alternative distribution method, you wouldn’t have to use it.
by marcosscriven 6y ago
I consider my iPhone to be a computer.
It’s possible for some middle ground here. If there’s an alternative distribution method, you wouldn’t have to use it.
And it’s of course possible that a lower commission is enforced.
Finally, the biggest issue here is Apple’s extreme power in being able to completely destroy software companies. I don’t think that’s right, personally.
- laingc 6y agoI want a platform that both I and my 72-year-old father can use without concern that he might be phished into downloading another App Store. Billions of iPhone sales show that people clearly want the same. If you want a top-end device with a widely used OS where you can install a thousand app stores, you can have one. Any one of a dozen major phone manufacturers will be happy to sell you an Android device. You might consider your iPhone a computer, but I don’t, and more to the point Apple doesn’t - and you and I both knew that when we bought them.
- mcejp 6y ago> Billions of iPhone sales show that people clearly want the same. It could as well be showing that they are only willing to endure the same. The truth is - we cannot know, since an iPhone cannot be bought without the App Store and vice versa.