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Apple's exclusivity on allowing and deciding what goes on the AppStore and on the iOS was their way of controlling the user experience and their way to ensure f
by mrkramer 4y ago
Apple's exclusivity on allowing and deciding what goes on the AppStore and on the iOS was their way of controlling the user experience and their way to ensure future sales of iPhones. They didn't want that iOS, AppStore and iPhones get flooded with low quality apps. Similar way of thinking that I know of was Valve and Steam, where Steam users needed to Greenlit a game before it came to the Steam store. Imo Steam had a better approach because it was community based not exclusive like Apple had and has. The story of Jobs' and Apple's skyhigh care for privacy and security was more of a propaganda and a marketing strategy than a true care for users' safety.
- layer8 4y ago> They didn't want that iOS, AppStore and iPhones get flooded with low quality apps. Well, they failed in that.
- mikenew 4y agoThe major difference is that I can install whatever the hell I want on my own PC (including my Steam Deck!). Apple has an exclusive store and an exclusive device.
- mrkramer 4y agoI never used an iPhone and I don't really know how horrible it is but if people are annoyed with iOS and iPhone, they can always use Android devices. Android devices are on a par with iPhones unlike 10 years ago.
- ikurei 4y ago> Similar way of thinking that I know of was Valve and Steam, where Steam users needed to Greenlit a game before it came to the Steam store. Not the same at all. You can install whatever you want on the Steam Deck. I'd fine with Apple just curating their App Store; I am not fine with them deciding what software I can run on "my" device.
- mrkramer 4y agoI meant Valve didn't want Steam to be flooded with low quality games (back in the day) which would interest nobody and would only turn away people from Steam. >I'd fine with Apple just curating their App Store; I am not fine with them deciding what software I can run on "my" device. Yea that's horrible, that's why Microsoft and Windows are great when speaking about PC industry and comparing it to the iOS and iPhones. I personally only use Android for the same reason why I only use Windows and that is Android and Windows are open operating systems and I can install whatever I want.
- ikurei 4y agoIn the desktop world, all major OSes are similar in this regard. I can install whatever I want on my Mac laptop, and of course on my Linux computers. Really iOS is the outlier in the major computing platforms in how much of a walled garden it is.