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There’s an entire cottage industry of jailbroken app stores. You might argue that those using alternative stores are a minority (1-5%), but the act of jailbreak
by oceanplexian 5y ago
There’s an entire cottage industry of jailbroken app stores. You might argue that those using alternative stores are a minority (1-5%), but the act of jailbreaking a phone is quite challenging and we still have a lot of people doing it. If iPhones were able to run third party stores I think you’d see 30 or 40% of users opting in to that.
Is it a usability nightmare? Perhaps. But device makers shouldn’t make that “choice” for their users. Likewise you might not like the fact that your city has small businesses instead of a single large warehouse store on the basis of convenience and usability. But the public would not agree with you and that’s why we enact laws against anti-competitive behavior.
- elefanten 5y agoIt’s way less than 1% Waay less.
- sudosysgen 5y agoIn some third world countries going to a shop to get your device jailbroken at least was quite popular.
- saagarjha 5y agoThat's because Apple has waged war on these stores for over a decade. The fraction used to be much, much higher several years ago.
- majani 5y agoYup. There's not too many people out there willing to risk bricking their $1000 phone for extra permissions