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So no, it's not about permissions or tracking users Based on what? And also - as a simple matter of fact, alternative app stores do exist and they haven't

So no, it's not about permissions or tracking users Based on what? And also - as a simple matter of fact, alternative app stores do exist and they haven't caused the collapse of the ecosystem. Sure, because the Play Store is already a colossal mess. Not even two weeks ago there was another high profile malware incident (SpinOk) with something like 30 million installs. I begrudgingly use an iPhone but I don't want the Google experience in any way shape or form.

gambiting 3y ago
>>Based on what? Based on the simple fact that nearly all companies care about the money first and foremost. 30% of your sales is a larger motivator than being or not being able to track your users(and I'm not even sure that argument even holds with Android 12 and beyond, it's been really reined in). Or would you disagree? >>Sure, because the Play Store is already a colossal mess. I'm not sure I understand how that's related to what I said. Again, corporation like Amazon has all the incentive to push you towards their own app store, yet it just simply doesn't happen at all. If they don't do it, why would smaller companies do it? >>I begrudgingly use an iPhone but I don't want the Google experience in any way shape or form. I get the impression reading these comments that people seem to think that if you are on android you just randomly go on the Play Store and install stuff almost without thinking? Yes it's a problem that malware sometimes slips through. But 30 million installs is nothing compared to the userbase. And most people just get a phone, download the regular set of apps they use every day, and then they never ever open the play store again - why would they? The existence(or lack of) of 3rd party stores doesn't matter to majority of people on the platform, because they just never install any extra apps at all.
simoncion 3y ago
> ...there was another high profile malware incident (SpinOk)... Based on what I'm reading, this "high profile malware": * Requests permissions to access a ton of information on your phone * Uses those permissions to read and transmit the ton of information that you granted it permission to access "This software did what I permitted it to do, but I'm not happy about what it did." is a complaint that's pretty solidly platform-independent.

gambiting 3y ago

>>Based on what? Based on the simple fact that nearly all companies care about the money first and foremost. 30% of your sales is a larger motivator than being or not being able to track your users(and I'm not even sure that argument even holds with Android 12 and beyond, it's been really reined in). Or would you disagree? >>Sure, because the Play Store is already a colossal mess. I'm not sure I understand how that's related to what I said. Again, corporation like Amazon has all the incentive to push you towards their own app store, yet it just simply doesn't happen at all. If they don't do it, why would smaller companies do it? >>I begrudgingly use an iPhone but I don't want the Google experience in any way shape or form. I get the impression reading these comments that people seem to think that if you are on android you just randomly go on the Play Store and install stuff almost without thinking? Yes it's a problem that malware sometimes slips through. But 30 million installs is nothing compared to the userbase. And most people just get a phone, download the regular set of apps they use every day, and then they never ever open the play store again - why would they? The existence(or lack of) of 3rd party stores doesn't matter to majority of people on the platform, because they just never install any extra apps at all.

simoncion 3y ago

> ...there was another high profile malware incident (SpinOk)... Based on what I'm reading, this "high profile malware": * Requests permissions to access a ton of information on your phone * Uses those permissions to read and transmit the ton of information that you granted it permission to access "This software did what I permitted it to do, but I'm not happy about what it did." is a complaint that's pretty solidly platform-independent.