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Why should Apple allow anonymous publication on a marketplace which they are ultimately responsible for?
by bobleeswagger 4y ago
Why should Apple allow anonymous publication on a marketplace which they are ultimately responsible for?
- fulafel 4y agoThe article is specifically about apps that you don't want to distribute through Apple.
- bobleeswagger 4y agoApple's choices are specifically about security and longevity of the marketplace. You can disagree, but they don't owe anyone anything.
- sneak 4y agoBecause there is no alternative that users can choose instead of Apple's marketplace, and with only one source of apps for a billion+ devices and no way to configure those devices to use any other, Apple has effectively banned anonymous publishing for a seventh of Earth.
- bobleeswagger 4y ago> no alternative 20 years ago we didn't have app stores. I'm not sure where your level of entitlement comes from, Apple doesn't have to allow anonymous publishing and I fully understand why they have put reasonable barriers to entry into their ecosystem. You don't.
- sneak 4y agoI'm going to take your claim at face value. The sense of entitlement comes from the purchase of the device, which is then remotely controlled by a party who has no property interest in the device following purchase. If you bought the phone, you should be able to run all the apps you want on it, not only the ones Apple and the various regional governments say you are allowed to. Surely you see the abuse potential (which is not theoretical - iPhones in China cannot type or display the flag of Taiwan or install VPN apps) there? Why do people defend vendors remotely disabling functionality in devices end users have bought and paid for?