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We might yet find out whether we agree or disagree :), so let me be more narrow & specific: * Apple is positioning their tight control over the appstore, inclu

We might yet find out whether we agree or disagree :), so let me be more narrow & specific: * Apple is positioning their tight control over the appstore, including high fees to developers and restricted choice to consumers, as providing benefits of a curated & safe experience * Do we feel that dozens of apps overlaying OpenAI ChatGPT, with various degrees of honesty and deception and monetization methods and privacy policies, are in-line with stated goals of the appstore, and with desires and best interests of the end-users? My personal impression is "No". This is not to say I want the app store controlled more tightly - on the contrary; I am saying that I am not receiving benefits of the "walled garden / ecosystem" (and this is hardly the first example since iPhone was forced upon me by my employer:), i.e. I do not feel materially safer on AppleStore than I do on Google Play store; but I do feel materially obstructed/impacted when I want to install something that Apple for whatever reason does not. Or in other words, without claiming anybody did anything particularly wrong here, if you're GOING to allow dozens of apps pretending to be the hottest new thing on the market on the app store, then just get out of my way and let me install what I want without pretense of curation and safety.

scarface74 3y ago
> Apple is positioning their tight control over the appstore, including high fees to developers and restricted choice to consumers, as providing benefits of a curated & safe experience Let’s not pretend that it’s hurting the little developer. It came out in the Epic trial that 80%+ of App Store revenue comes from in app purchases of play to win games. The biggest players that aren’t games like Netflix, Spotify and other “reader apps” [sic] have forced you to do subscriptions outside of the app store for years. Then other apps are physical goods where you don’t have to use in app purchases and they can use Apple Pay (regular credit card processing fees).

scarface74 3y ago

> Apple is positioning their tight control over the appstore, including high fees to developers and restricted choice to consumers, as providing benefits of a curated & safe experience Let’s not pretend that it’s hurting the little developer. It came out in the Epic trial that 80%+ of App Store revenue comes from in app purchases of play to win games. The biggest players that aren’t games like Netflix, Spotify and other “reader apps” [sic] have forced you to do subscriptions outside of the app store for years. Then other apps are physical goods where you don’t have to use in app purchases and they can use Apple Pay (regular credit card processing fees).