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I think its a bit of a chicken/egg problem here. If there is no apps/appstore the OS will be a flop, but if there is no free OS there will probably not be a fre
by m9ma35 6y ago
I think its a bit of a chicken/egg problem here.
If there is no apps/appstore the OS will be a flop, but if there is no free OS there will probably not be a free app-ecosystem.
Used to have a Nokia N9, awesome phone, great OS, but there weren't any apps to speak of which I think is a large part of why MeeGo died.
Honestly the one way I see out of this is if web-apps largely replace native apps, which means that a new OS only needs to support a standards compliant web-browser.
That or get the existing actors to agree on and support an open 'app-container' format ...
- parasubvert 6y agoYou’ve hit it. There’s a reason the web once was a threat to Microsoft’s monopoly: it led to rich experiences they couldn’t control. The web is so popular, Apple couldn’t block it. The trick to attacking them anticompetitively is to enhance the browser to take advantage of modern hardware capabilities and then go after the iOS browser restrictions as anticompetitive. Google Stadia is an example of this arguably. But with things coming up like WASM I could see the browser being a local experience for games too.
- DivisionSol 6y agoThere is nothing stopping the Browser from providing AAA experiences, today, other than... Most likely, only a 'good' game engine. JavaScript + WebGL are very capable, right now, and for the past ~5 years.
- ianai 6y agoI think that may be a non-legislative way out of it. But I see the current, bloated web stack in stark contrast against viability.