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A better solution would be an entirely community driven app store that is not beholden to any corporate influence.
by ratsmack 6y ago
A better solution would be an entirely community driven app store that is not beholden to any corporate influence.
- danShumway 6y agoFDroid exists already. Okay, it doesn't host proprietary apps, but whatever. The point is, this isn't a tech problem anymore, it's not a problem where someone can just make a new platform to solve everything. Google has contracts with phone manufacturers that ban them from adding 3rd-party app stores alongside Google Play. And none of these app stores are going to show up on iOS. It's a cultural/legal problem at this point. Otherwise, community maintained (even private) software repos are already a thing. We don't really need people to build more of them, we need people to start using them, and for mobile platforms to support them.
- ratsmack 6y ago>Google has contracts with phone manufacturers that ban them from adding 3rd-party app stores alongside Google Play. That's kinda like Microsoft requiring a payment for every PC sold whether their OS was installed or not. Predatory contracts from a monopolistic company... who would have thought.