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Because a) the anti-trust issues mentioned and b) it's simply not true that security issue requires that degree of control: Android is open and it's fine. As fa
by jariel 6y ago
Because a) the anti-trust issues mentioned and b) it's simply not true that security issue requires that degree of control: Android is open and it's fine. As far as privacy, experience etc. - that should be a competitive advantage offer for the App Store.
If consumers are willing to pay 30% more for guarantees of security, privacy, experience, then that's fine.
Imagine if MS and Apple today banned all Desktop apps out of their own stores or took a 30% cut. We would immediately rethink the issue.
- supernova87a 6y agoNot a great argument. Because they would not be doing that on our existing computers -- they would be offering new computers that you could choose to buy with that "feature" or not. And you're perfectly free to buy a different computer, use open source, any number of alternatives where no cut is taken. With phones, this was the model from nearly the beginning, and everyone opts in, or chooses not to.
- nikitaga 6y ago> With phones, this was the model from nearly the beginning, and everyone opts in, or chooses not to. If "it was bad from the start so that makes it ok" was a great argument, nothing would ever improve. A lot of industries were bad from the start and were regulated into much better versions. Everything from food to air travel to financial services was made into better markets for consumers through regulation. Mobile computing is just as essential today as those other industries and needs a similar shakeup.