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This is one of the reasons, I am actually in favor of only having the App Store on Apple. As soon as you have another way to distribute apps on the iPhone, app

This is one of the reasons, I am actually in favor of only having the App Store on Apple. As soon as you have another way to distribute apps on the iPhone, app developers will try to migrate to the less privacy conscious store that lets them do all their dark patterns. Sometimes, let the consumer choose does not work. For example, if governments did not regulate kids products and just said let the consumer choose, the market would be filled with unsafe products. Sometimes you need someone enforcing standards. Apple’s enforcement of standards is one of the big reasons why I choose their ecosystem.

spideymans 6y ago
Certain developers (ahem... Facebook) love to cry about Apple’s walled garden, without acknowledging that the reason that iOS and its walled garden is so popular is precisely because these large developers have proven to users that they are completely untrustworthy. If they conducted their business more responsibly, and if users could trust that these developers wouldn’t abuse their privacy and security, perhaps the mobile software ecosystem would be more open in nature.