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They can ask on social networks, subscribe to newsletters, watch videos. I don't recall Hotmail or ICQ or Firefox needing an app store for people to find out ab
by rchaud 3y ago
They can ask on social networks, subscribe to newsletters, watch videos. I don't recall Hotmail or ICQ or Firefox needing an app store for people to find out about them.
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- Waterluvian 3y agoI think an interesting approach would be to explore what a store does. A few ways to look at it is to explore what brick and mortar stores do, what they offer both consumers and producers, and to explore why app stores that aren’t monopolies exist. Eg. Gaming.
- rchaud 3y agoApp stores are an ad delivery system these days. Apple/Google don't make money hosting a bunch of apps, the filthy lucre comes from companies paying to have their apps in the top slot.