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I'd bet $20 that Google (and probably Amazon) has started or will start working on an App Store for iOS. If either of them use their dark patterns to get people
by Dig1t 5y ago
I'd bet $20 that Google (and probably Amazon) has started or will start working on an App Store for iOS. If either of them use their dark patterns to get people to install their app stores then this could be a different situation than what's happening on Android, where very few users actually side load apps. With the weight of one of these giants they could really get massive adoption on iOS in an alternative store.
- tragictrash 5y agoDamn. They are totally going to do this, just to avoid the app store review process. Funny how apple made the process so difficult and because of that, when they lose their monopoly, Google and others will be there waiting to implement the parent comment's plan.
- Spivak 5y agoI mean it's not super exciting as a user that apps are gonna wholesale migrate away to the whatever store has the fewest rules and lowest cost to publishers. I see the value-add from the publisher side -- yay we can spam, charge for notifications and dark mode, and freely track users! I mean it's absolutely nuts that the web is basically unusable without an aggressive content filter but obviously native apps are gonna be angels.
- greggman3 5y agoAmazon already tried that on Android and failed. Why do you expect them to succeed on iOS?
- tragictrash 5y agoFailed? Dude, it's going strong.
- warning26 5y agoI mean, it exists -- but does anyone actually use it?
- tragictrash 5y agoAmazon is cranking out the fire tablets and sticks. Tons of devices use it.
- warning26 5y agoSure, Amazon devices use it. On those devices, it's not a third-party app store, it's a first-party one. The question here is specifically about if anyone can be convinced to use third-party app stores.
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- kitsunesoba 5y agoFacebook is probably planning on doing this too, and they will probably use much more lax privacy standards along with other things to bait developers over. They have enough of their own powerhouse apps to make their store happen too, which is scary. All they have to do is say that the only way to get Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp is through the Meta Store and they have a huge audience overnight.