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You can choose to let Apple stand between you by staying on Apple's App Store. If you don't get an app because Apple is blocking it from the App Store, isn't th
by ThatPlayer 3y ago
You can choose to let Apple stand between you by staying on Apple's App Store. If you don't get an app because Apple is blocking it from the App Store, isn't that working as intended? If you choose to ignore Apple's block and get the app elsewhere, then it sounds like Apple's barrier is a bug
- huytersd 3y agoNot if Facebook, WhatsApp etc pull their apps from the App Store and only make it available from 3rd party sources.
- smoldesu 3y agoThat's a possibility right now, with or without iOS sideloading. Nothing stops Facebook or WhatsApp from bypassing Apple's native guidelines and force their evil, expensive anticonsumer practices down user's throat on the web or competing platforms.
- robin_reala 3y agoAndroid already has third-party app stores. Have Meta done that there?
- huytersd 3y agoAndroid is fragmented and open source. There’s no large entitý to squeeze money out of.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoThat's my point. If consumers are willing to go directly to Facebook, and Facebook are willing to serve them directly, why does Apple need to get involved? On the other hand, if consumers want Apple involved, they wouldn't leave the app store, they wouldn't download the app, and the app will fail when there's no users.