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The restricted App Store does add customer value, and that customer value is degraded if there are other App Stores available. Namely - if a user buys Apple pr
by veilrap 4y ago
The restricted App Store does add customer value, and that customer value is degraded if there are other App Stores available.
Namely - if a user buys Apple products because they want the security/curation/whatever that comes with Apple's walled garden, that advantage is broken by forcing Apple to have other app stores on their platform because now that user cannot get all the content through their trusted source as they could before.
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- pessimizer 4y agoSo having more than one app store degrades the experience of people who choose to use Apple's app store like having more than one newspaper degrades the experience of people who read the New York Post.
- cmdli 4y agoThat's exactly true. Right now, app megacorporations are only using Apple's App Store (with the protections like Ask Not To Track) because they are forced to. The moment those corporations aren't forced to, they will turn around and force whatever consumers to use the app store that the corporations prefer. The choice of app store isn't ever in the consumer's hands, its in the corporations hands (Apple or otherwise).
- ArnoVW 4y agoIf that were the true reason that Apple is forcing Appstore, and that's a big if, then Apple could still offer this "amazing service to customers", by contractually forcing companies to always also offer payments via Apple if payments are accepted elsewhere. If I can think of that in 30 seconds, then so can Apple. I'll let you draw your own conclusion.
- coldpie 4y agoIf the app is distributed via a non-Apple app store, then there is no contract between the app developer and Apple. What mechanism would Apple have to enforce that policy?
- ArnoVW 4y agoApple famously have total control over their vertically integrated platform. It's called a 'walled garden' for a reason. They could trivially do this because as it is, they require that all apps are signed. Irrespective of the distribution method. To sign an app, currently, you need a contract with Apple. They just need a one line clause stating that you can distribute on other platforms if the app also appears in their store.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoNo one is forcing you to use a third party App Store. Any app with enough popularity on a third party store will be cloned on the first party one.
- AlexandrB 4y agoI don't think anyone is going to be cloning Netflix or Fortnite. Not just because it's hard, but also because they'd get sued out of existence.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoI don't think netflix or fortnite would force you to use a third party app. Too much negative press and loss of customers.
- wilsonnb3 4y agoEpic games has done exactly that with Fortnite on Android, which is only available in the Epic Store or Samsung Galaxy Store.
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- wraptile 4y ago> customer value is degraded if there are other App Stores available. This doesn't compute. Does your home cooking tastes worse because restaurants exist?
- makeitdouble 4y agoSupposing some users get maximum value from the App Store exactly as it is now, with all its quirks and limitations: you'll understand that other users get less value from the App Store, and are still stuck there because Google is also not willing to provide them with an App Store that helps them. On one hand you have some happy users and a happy Apple, on the other hand a flurry of penalized users with nowhere to go (we should coin a phrase, like "the year of --linux-- alternative stores on smartphones") and angry service providers. Up until now US regulators sided with Apple to protect its money, I don't expect EU regulators to be as kind.