4 ms·

The true alternative to an app store with 30% cut is simply an open mobile standard OS that allows users to do whatever they want with their hardware and softwa

The true alternative to an app store with 30% cut is simply an open mobile standard OS that allows users to do whatever they want with their hardware and software. Just like with PCs, but on a smaller form factor. On PCs you don't have app stores or any of that kind of bullshit, yet you still have plenty of free software, lots of powerful paid software, which you pay directly to the creators. Why can't people see that mobile phones are just a different form factor of a computer?

ralfd 6y ago
You also have malware on PC. I don’t have to worry that my parents install a key logger on their iPad.
- fulafel 6y ago
  You also have malware in app stores. https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-main-distributor-malware-android-phones-research-nortonlifelock-imdea-software-institute-2324429 https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-main-di... But yes, there is a "supervision required" subset of users. Still, shouldn't calibrate the level of big brother involvement for everyone based on this.
- sto_hristo 6y ago
  You have plenty of malware on mobile platforms. Not to mention vulnerabilities that have eclipsed any other platform in terms of potential for devastation. Like Stagefright for android, which gave attackers unlimited access without the need for any user interaction; only precursor is carrier enabled MMS service. Treating users like idiots that need to be placed in the "pillow room" and building these app platforms under the pretext of security and convenience/ease of use is the reason we're in this swamp where your awesome pocket hardware has been reduced to an ad client which you have 0 control and ownership over. Everyone's parents have survived the earliest days of computing where security was as its lowest, lack of common knowledge at its highest.

4 ms·

The true alternative to an app store with 30% cut is simply an open mobile standard OS that allows users to do whatever they want with their hardware and softwa

by sto_hristo 6y ago

ralfd 6y ago
You also have malware on PC. I don’t have to worry that my parents install a key logger on their iPad.
- fulafel 6y ago
  You also have malware in app stores. https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-main-distributor-malware-android-phones-research-nortonlifelock-imdea-software-institute-2324429 https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-play-store-main-di... But yes, there is a "supervision required" subset of users. Still, shouldn't calibrate the level of big brother involvement for everyone based on this.
- sto_hristo 6y ago
  You have plenty of malware on mobile platforms. Not to mention vulnerabilities that have eclipsed any other platform in terms of potential for devastation. Like Stagefright for android, which gave attackers unlimited access without the need for any user interaction; only precursor is carrier enabled MMS service. Treating users like idiots that need to be placed in the "pillow room" and building these app platforms under the pretext of security and convenience/ease of use is the reason we're in this swamp where your awesome pocket hardware has been reduced to an ad client which you have 0 control and ownership over. Everyone's parents have survived the earliest days of computing where security was as its lowest, lack of common knowledge at its highest.