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Because it might not end up being a choice of which store to get things from like your physical goods example. For the larger apps/those from specific publisher

Because it might not end up being a choice of which store to get things from like your physical goods example. For the larger apps/those from specific publishers it may likely be a choice of: Meta apps only from the Meta Store, Epic Games apps only from the Epic Games store, etc. And regarding the security aspect: once people expect to download a random app store for every company, they'll be less hesitant to download one that's just malware.

AnthonyMouse 3y ago
> For the larger apps/those from specific publishers it may likely be a choice of: Meta apps only from the Meta Store, Epic Games apps only from the Epic Games store, etc. That's not really different than anything else. You can only get Great Value brand products from Walmart. But when this happens it's typically because the store and the maker of the product are the same company. Then you don't have to worry about the store having a monopoly because either the product has competitors, and then you can use those, or it doesn't, in which case you're dealing with a monopolist regardless of how many stores you can get it from. But it's not even clear this would happen if there actually was competition between stores, because why does every random company need its own store if there was enough competition between stores that they could just put their app in existing popular stores without having to pay excessive margins or being subject to abusive monopoly practices? > And regarding the security aspect: once people expect to download a random app store for every company, they'll be less hesitant to download one that's just malware. An app store which is just malware would be illegal, and then get removed by court order for being illegal (or cease to exist because the proprietors are in prison). You can allow legitimate competitors without allowing overt criminal activity. The obvious distinction is that who decides what's prohibited is an elected government subject to constitutional restrictions rather than a competitor with a conflict of interest.

AnthonyMouse 3y ago

> For the larger apps/those from specific publishers it may likely be a choice of: Meta apps only from the Meta Store, Epic Games apps only from the Epic Games store, etc. That's not really different than anything else. You can only get Great Value brand products from Walmart. But when this happens it's typically because the store and the maker of the product are the same company. Then you don't have to worry about the store having a monopoly because either the product has competitors, and then you can use those, or it doesn't, in which case you're dealing with a monopolist regardless of how many stores you can get it from. But it's not even clear this would happen if there actually was competition between stores, because why does every random company need its own store if there was enough competition between stores that they could just put their app in existing popular stores without having to pay excessive margins or being subject to abusive monopoly practices? > And regarding the security aspect: once people expect to download a random app store for every company, they'll be less hesitant to download one that's just malware. An app store which is just malware would be illegal, and then get removed by court order for being illegal (or cease to exist because the proprietors are in prison). You can allow legitimate competitors without allowing overt criminal activity. The obvious distinction is that who decides what's prohibited is an elected government subject to constitutional restrictions rather than a competitor with a conflict of interest.