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How exactly are consumers impacted by Apple's App Store? Other than having a consistently good experience where they are safe from malicious actors, privacy vio
by pb7 6y ago
How exactly are consumers impacted by Apple's App Store? Other than having a consistently good experience where they are safe from malicious actors, privacy violations, manipulative subscriptions, malware, etc.
- ThatPlayer 6y agoNot being able to use apps that Apple deem inappropriate: there's no PornHub app for anyone who wants that. Or more recently Microsoft's xCloud streaming app has been blocked even though it's not different than something like Netflix.
- pb7 6y agoTo show good faith, I will wholeheartedly agree that allowing Netflix and Spotify but not allowing xCloud, Stadia, Facebook Gaming, and now presumably Luna will be the straw that breaks the camel's back, moreso than Epic et al. There is no practical distinction between streaming video frames of The Witcher from Netflix and The Witcher 3 from xCloud. Edit: Genuine question. Is it common for any mix-use store, physical or digital, to have hardcore pornography available?
- ThatPlayer 6y agoAnd that's why to me the issue isn't Apple's App Store, but rather Apple App Store's monopoly on iOS apps. I'm not asking for those apps to be on the App Store, but I think as an owner of the device, I should be able to get whatever app I want on MY device.
- bobobob2 6y agoHere are some examples: https://appfairness.org/issues/anti-competition/ https://appfairness.org/issues/anti-competition/ > Apple has manipulated its rules and policies to disadvantage Tile, a popular Bluetooth finding hardware and app developer, in favor of its competing Find My App. > if a Kindle customer wants to purchase an ebook from the Kindle iPhone app, they’re met with a confusing situation: consumers can search for books, even read samples, but there’s no option to purchase. I Both are worse for consumers.
- pb7 6y agoTake it up with Amazon. Kindle gets a free ride on the App Store because they do this. They could allow purchasing through the app but they choose not to because they don't want to give Apple a cut.
- stale2002 6y ago> How exactly are consumers impacted by Apple's App Store? The fact that a huge platform, prevents competing app stores, is a huge impact, due to the fact that the market is so large. That is anti-competitive, and this is bad because the platform is so large. And the impact is the anti-competitive nature of it, on a large market.