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Because it enables quality control and simplicity. It means that people looking for an app only have to look in one place, and after that their job is done. Ena

by unalone 18y ago

Because it enables quality control and simplicity. It means that people looking for an app only have to look in one place, and after that their job is done. Enabling multiple sites means removing possibilities for quality control and making the download process something less than a "click once" process.

Tichy 18y ago
Why - the quality obsessed could just stick to the Apple shop, the existence of other shops doesn't prevent that?
- unalone 18y ago
  No, no. Apple INSISTS on quality products. They don't care if YOU would compromise. They won't let you. I'm guessing you don't use a Mac, or keep close with Mac users. The attitude is entirely one-sided: it's all about quality, period. Many Mac users eschew Firefox for Safari, because the one is so much better-made, even if it doesn't let you use StumbleUpon and whatnot. Word 2008 is attacked by Mac users for feeling too much like Windows. Even the App Store is being attacked right now for being too LOW-standards. Apple's idea is this: if your idea is too poor to be displayed on their store, you should design for something that isn't working with Apple software. That's not a disadvantage. It's a mindset that ensures top-notch design, time and time again. It's why most people will pick up an Apple product and assume that it works well. It's because Apple controls everything, and because that's a good thing.
  - Tichy 18y ago
    By that logic, Apple should lock OS X and make it impossible to install anything that doesn't go through Apple. I'd like to see how that would go down. Also, I thought Apple promised to let basically every application into the store? Without that, it would be mad to develop for the iPhone. It would be a huge gamble, spending maybe 5 digit sums or more only to hear that you did not live up to Apple's standards and can throw your application into the garbage bin. Maybe there is another reason: maybe sales of mobile applications are a huge market, and Apple simply doesn't want to share.

by unalone 18y ago

Tichy 18y ago

Why - the quality obsessed could just stick to the Apple shop, the existence of other shops doesn't prevent that?

unalone 18y ago
No, no. Apple INSISTS on quality products. They don't care if YOU would compromise. They won't let you. I'm guessing you don't use a Mac, or keep close with Mac users. The attitude is entirely one-sided: it's all about quality, period. Many Mac users eschew Firefox for Safari, because the one is so much better-made, even if it doesn't let you use StumbleUpon and whatnot. Word 2008 is attacked by Mac users for feeling too much like Windows. Even the App Store is being attacked right now for being too LOW-standards. Apple's idea is this: if your idea is too poor to be displayed on their store, you should design for something that isn't working with Apple software. That's not a disadvantage. It's a mindset that ensures top-notch design, time and time again. It's why most people will pick up an Apple product and assume that it works well. It's because Apple controls everything, and because that's a good thing.
- Tichy 18y ago
  By that logic, Apple should lock OS X and make it impossible to install anything that doesn't go through Apple. I'd like to see how that would go down. Also, I thought Apple promised to let basically every application into the store? Without that, it would be mad to develop for the iPhone. It would be a huge gamble, spending maybe 5 digit sums or more only to hear that you did not live up to Apple's standards and can throw your application into the garbage bin. Maybe there is another reason: maybe sales of mobile applications are a huge market, and Apple simply doesn't want to share.