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I use the app to chat with my mom. My mom is not going to install F-Droid or whatever. This comment reminds me of the famous dropbox comment on HN.

• NullPrefix 6y ago
  Care to share the famous comment for those not in the know?
  • _huayra_ 6y ago
    iirc, the quote s/he's referring to is approximately "Dropbox won't ever take off because it's just glorified rsync and everyone can already do that", i.e. "everyone" can rsync
  • dgellow 6y ago
    See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
• unethical_ban 6y ago
  There was a time when people did click a download link. Installing APKs are easier than fiddling with most app settings. Think of how Fortnite was distributed via APK when Epic was big enough to tell people how to do it. I don't deny the utility of app stores. My point was about the freedom of platform at a capability level.