> App stores have reached a size that can now be considered a "para-web". I agree with this statement. Apple app store and Google play store have a near univer

> App stores have reached a size that can now be considered a "para-web". I agree with this statement. Apple app store and Google play store have a near universal monopoly on the software users can install on their phones. Phones must constitute of a large majority of all software that is run by end users. Hence, the usual argument about the stores being a "private platform" do not apply. Google and Apple must treat it as a public square, where everybody has a right to host their apps. If their app is doing something illegal, let the courts sort it out. If managing these stores seems to be an unsustainable task to them, they are free to shut down the stores and let people install whatever software they like on their phones. Unless this happens, the vast majority of the population will never experience the liberty that computers afford.