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I'm hopeful Apple might be forced to divest the App Store into a separate company entirely tbh.
by Mindwipe 6y ago
I'm hopeful Apple might be forced to divest the App Store into a separate company entirely tbh.
- tgv 6y agoThat's my nightmare scenario. I fear it'll be the end of the mac as we know it. What upside do you see?
- perryizgr8 6y agoWhat has the app store got with Mac laptops? And why would splitting into a different company end the laptops?
- tgv 6y agoBecause the mac division will become the lesser of the sister companies. Its best people will go with the more profitable divisions on the split. And it's not in great shape as it is. When its ROI turns out to be lower than that of the rest of the company, year after year, more heads will roll, ending with the sale to some Asian manufacturing giant. And that will be the end of it. Splitting off the media part (iTunes, Beats, Tidal, and the rest) will have the same effect, I fear.
- the-dude 6y agoI wonder if they do that, if they will be pressured into allowing competing stores too. Seems inevitable.
- philliphaydon 6y agoLet’s hope not.
- josephcsible 6y agoWhy don't you like that idea?
- snovv_crash 6y agoThey wouldn't have any incentive not to
- berkes 6y agoIt would be interesting to see if that new company ventures into Android as well. I don't own an iPhone, but would welcome a professional alternative to f-droid, and Google play on my phone. A well curated appstore would be the first thing I configure on "moms new samsung". If the careful curation, the QA and "rent-seeking" of the Apple-app-store is truly as valuable as the users say it is, that store would be just as valuable on other phones than the iPhone, not?