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I don’t think users really want to have to use 5 different app stores. I’ll probably opt to not buy an app if I first have to download another App Store app.
by meling 3y ago
I don’t think users really want to have to use 5 different app stores. I’ll probably opt to not buy an app if I first have to download another App Store app.
- heavyset_go 3y agoThat's not the case for billions of people on Android or macOS and their respective app stores.
- Nursie 3y agoHow many people actually bother to set up another App Store though? A subset of Kindle users who want “real” google apps? I very much doubt it’s billions.
- heavyset_go 3y agoThat's my point, Android can have more than one app store running yet people choose to use one primary app store. The nightmare scenario of having to run multiple app stores that the OP seems to be scared of is a non-issue on platforms with multiple app stores.
- tut-urut-utut 3y agoIn Android you don’t even need an App Store to install an app. All you need is to find an apk and download it. And providing an apk is exactly what many vendors do.
- Nursie 3y agoSure, but it also pours cold water on the idea of having alternative app stores in the first place.
- 76SlashDolphin 3y agoI wouldn't say so. Let power users have their iPhone equivalent of F-Droid or Aurora Store if they care while most users will just use the default App Store. I personally download apps off the Play Store as a last resort if they don't work on the former two.
- baby 3y agoI can’t imagine a single scenario where your comment would be anything else than FUD. Nice try Tim Apple.
- walls 3y agoIt's the state of desktop gaming already, why would it not happen on phones once the only barrier has been removed? Epic has been itching to use their own app store for years.
- 76SlashDolphin 3y agoOn the one hand it is annoying but on the other it actually promotes competition and Epic tries their damn best to get users on their platform with deals and free games. I also feel like in response the Steam sales have stepped it up a notch recently compared to the absolute snoozefest they were 2-3 years ago.
- baby 3y agoYou mean it’s the state of desktop, which allows you to install any apps you want. Again these kind of misdirecting comparisons sound malicious.