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Which of Adobe, Microsoft or Facebook distribute their software only via their own app store on Android? Given the answer is "none of them", why do you think t

• kergonath 6y ago
  There is no money to be made on Android, that is not the model they’ll follow. Looking at the core platform where they actually do make money is more insightful. Adobe has been much more involved on the iOS side. We have to go through their crap on their website on macOS. Same for Microsoft (though they do offer a version of Office on the Mac App Store and are generally better than other big software editors). We all know how Facebook will behave. They’ll see an alternative App Store as a great way to slurp in as much personal data as possible, and will try to get exclusives to lure people in. Hopefully they’ll fail, but maybe not. Then there are game companies and the plethora of launchers/stores/things. Every one of them being a PII leak waiting to happen.