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> People don't download Uber or Netflix because of the app stores Uber would never have existed without the App Store. > It's nothing like that It's exactly
by threeseed 5y ago
> People don't download Uber or Netflix because of the app stores
Uber would never have existed without the App Store.
> It's nothing like that
It's exactly like that. That's where the business model comes from. It's a digital representation of the way physical stores interact with OEMs.
- RNCTX 5y ago> It's exactly like that. It's not exactly like that. Kroger and Safeway cannot prevent potato chips from being sold outside of Kroger and Safeway. That's the whole point of the conversation here, don't know how you're missing it. Apple and Google are the textbook definitions of illegal monopolies, Kroger and Safeway are not.
- alisonkisk 5y ago> Uber would never have existed without the App Store. Why not? Because of Apple's monopoly on app installation on iOS?
- tomnipotent 5y ago> Uber would never have existed without the App Store. Maybe not within smart phones, but the app store has nothing to do with the success of Uber aside from forced inclusion in the transaction. Believe it or not, software went decades being successfully purchased and installed by customers before app stores came along. Even on the Blackberry.