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> idk what they'd have to do to make me move over, but man, it'd have to be demonstrably valuable - not just the same thing but different 3 feet over that way.

> idk what they'd have to do to make me move over, but man, it'd have to be demonstrably valuable - not just the same thing but different 3 feet over that way. - Since Apple is currently charging 30%, another app store might charge only 10% and so you might be able to get your spotify subscription for 20% less. - A provider of especially expensive software (say a CAD or Mathematica) might be unwilling to cede so much of their margin to anybody at all and may prefer to run their own single-item "store", making them the only place to get that particular item. - Same for especially inexpensive software. Open source game ports that don't want to pay Apple's developer fees. They may make so little margin, including 0, that they aren't feasible with Apple's tax. New software may become sustainable to develop and distribute that isn't currently. - Porn. Emulators. Anything that doesn't conform to Apple's capricious reviewers. Software that does conform but the pain of dealing with Apple made them give up. The kinds of things that are available on the jailbroken appstores currently. I'm glad you personally don't have a need for any of these things but that's hardly evidence that the market for it shouldn't be allowed to exist.

arcticbull 3y ago
> The kinds of things that are available on the jailbroken appstores currently. Respectfully nobody jailbreaks their phones anymore. 10-15 years ago sure. Partly because security improved but also in large part because Apple's rules relaxed to the point the vast majority of what people want is just in the App Store now. Don't get me wrong Cydia brings back memories, but the last stable release was 3 years ago.
- Fezzik 3y ago
  Which is a bummer, because damn did I love playing a solid port of The Legend of Zelda on my iPhone 4.
kiratp 3y ago
This all sounds extremely miserable from an end user perspective. We are all going to have 15 app stores on our phones and they will all be sucking up every piece of identifying information they can. The EU is going to ruin app stores like they ruined the web with cookie notices.
lockhouse 3y ago
That sounds great in theory, but what we're more likely to get with multiple app stores is going to be like video streaming. We have Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, etc. Instead of the official walled garden App Store that we have now we'll end up with the Apple, Microsoft, Epic, Amazon, TikTok, Meta, X (formerly known as Twitter), Steam, etc.
TheCleric 3y ago
> - Since Apple is currently charging 30%, another app store might charge only 10% and so you might be able to get your spotify subscription for 20% less That's nice in theory. In practice I'm sure it will be they charge the same amount and pocket the other 20%.
robertlagrant 3y ago
> Since Apple is currently charging 30%, another app store might charge only 10% and so you might be able to get your spotify subscription for 20% less. Spotify might just increase its price to get more profit.

arcticbull 3y ago

> The kinds of things that are available on the jailbroken appstores currently. Respectfully nobody jailbreaks their phones anymore. 10-15 years ago sure. Partly because security improved but also in large part because Apple's rules relaxed to the point the vast majority of what people want is just in the App Store now. Don't get me wrong Cydia brings back memories, but the last stable release was 3 years ago.

Fezzik 3y ago
Which is a bummer, because damn did I love playing a solid port of The Legend of Zelda on my iPhone 4.

kiratp 3y ago

This all sounds extremely miserable from an end user perspective. We are all going to have 15 app stores on our phones and they will all be sucking up every piece of identifying information they can. The EU is going to ruin app stores like they ruined the web with cookie notices.

lockhouse 3y ago

That sounds great in theory, but what we're more likely to get with multiple app stores is going to be like video streaming. We have Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, etc. Instead of the official walled garden App Store that we have now we'll end up with the Apple, Microsoft, Epic, Amazon, TikTok, Meta, X (formerly known as Twitter), Steam, etc.

TheCleric 3y ago

> - Since Apple is currently charging 30%, another app store might charge only 10% and so you might be able to get your spotify subscription for 20% less That's nice in theory. In practice I'm sure it will be they charge the same amount and pocket the other 20%.

robertlagrant 3y ago

> Since Apple is currently charging 30%, another app store might charge only 10% and so you might be able to get your spotify subscription for 20% less. Spotify might just increase its price to get more profit.