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> Just look at what a mess this is on the PC where there are a million launchers Which has resulted in some much needed competition for Steam, particularly aro

by alickz 5y ago

> Just look at what a mess this is on the PC where there are a million launchers Which has resulted in some much needed competition for Steam, particularly around dev cuts. Also just look at macOS, would anyone really prefer to only be able to install mac apps from the Mac App Store? Would the benefits of forcing users and devs through the Mac App Store outweigh the benefits of users being able to install whichever software they wished?

cletus 5y ago
Users sideloading apps on their phones is likely to be a benefit to like 5,000 people and an attack vector for 3 billion. As for Steam, you don't have to use it as a game publisher, as in you could always sell physical media (up until the past few years) or a download. As a consumer I'll pretty much always prefer buying a game through Steam. I hate all these other launchers that you have to now use for like one title because they suck. This same "me too" philosophy is ruining online content distribution where once Netflix was so good. Just look at the difficulty in finding out if a given movie or TV show is on any of your services. There's really no good way to do that. I've seen websites that try but they also include Amazon, Google Play and iTunes where you can buy that content when all I'm interested in is where it streams for free. It just sucks. More is not always better.
- Siira 5y ago
  > like 5,000 people Says you. Piracy and sanctions alone will make millions use these, not to mention any other uses.
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  > an attack vector for 3 billion Apple can handle it. They could just put enough stringent protections at the OS layer against malicious apps. Not to mention, any sideloading feature would be well guarded from within the interface so that no one other than power users would actually find it and enable it. > This same "me too" philosophy is ruining online content distribution where once Netflix was so good. Ease of service does not justify monopoly. > Just look at the difficulty in finding out if a given movie or TV show is on any of your services. It is indeed annoying, but that's not so much an issue directly caused by competition between different streaming services, so much as the studios/networks hoarding their IP. Even if Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. never existed, you'd still see efforts like HBO Max, Peacock from NBC, Paramount Plus from CBS, etc. to try to monopolize their own IP by keeping it off of Netflix.

by alickz 5y ago

cletus 5y ago

Users sideloading apps on their phones is likely to be a benefit to like 5,000 people and an attack vector for 3 billion. As for Steam, you don't have to use it as a game publisher, as in you could always sell physical media (up until the past few years) or a download. As a consumer I'll pretty much always prefer buying a game through Steam. I hate all these other launchers that you have to now use for like one title because they suck. This same "me too" philosophy is ruining online content distribution where once Netflix was so good. Just look at the difficulty in finding out if a given movie or TV show is on any of your services. There's really no good way to do that. I've seen websites that try but they also include Amazon, Google Play and iTunes where you can buy that content when all I'm interested in is where it streams for free. It just sucks. More is not always better.

Siira 5y ago
> like 5,000 people Says you. Piracy and sanctions alone will make millions use these, not to mention any other uses.
Apocryphon 5y ago
> an attack vector for 3 billion Apple can handle it. They could just put enough stringent protections at the OS layer against malicious apps. Not to mention, any sideloading feature would be well guarded from within the interface so that no one other than power users would actually find it and enable it. > This same "me too" philosophy is ruining online content distribution where once Netflix was so good. Ease of service does not justify monopoly. > Just look at the difficulty in finding out if a given movie or TV show is on any of your services. It is indeed annoying, but that's not so much an issue directly caused by competition between different streaming services, so much as the studios/networks hoarding their IP. Even if Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. never existed, you'd still see efforts like HBO Max, Peacock from NBC, Paramount Plus from CBS, etc. to try to monopolize their own IP by keeping it off of Netflix.