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Why would a startup need their own store?
by k8sToGo 3y ago
Why would a startup need their own store?
- consp 3y agoWhy can a startup not provide one or become one?
- Osiris 3y agoFor what reason does Apple need a million dollar bond for someone to release an App Store? They don’t for regular apps. What’s the difference?
- kyriakos 3y agoClearly to ensure not everyone opens a store just to publish their single app that would otherwise not make it on the app store due to its content. The same reason they won't allow stores that only host first party apps. Both of these rules are made to stop this. Either apple found a clever way to comply to DMA without actually doing so or we'll soon be hearing from EU and apple will backtrack as it did with PWAs and Epic account.
- leereeves 3y ago> to publish their single app that would otherwise not make it on the app store Isn't publishing apps that wouldn't make it on the App Store the whole reason for alternatives? Apple's still looking for a way to undermine the DMA.
- kyriakos 3y agoThat's exactly what I'm saying. Apple is creating its own rules to make it as hard as possible while pretending they opened up.
- k8sToGo 3y agoI am trying to figure out the advantage. The way it is implemented now the App Store wouldn’t be fully independent anyways and still bound to review processes.
- giobox 3y ago> The way it is implemented now the App Store wouldn’t be fully independent anyways and still bound to review processes. This is entirely the point many people are up in arms about - the implementation is the problem, not the concept of alternate app stores as such. There is nothing in most people's definition of a generic "app marketplace" that involves the steps Apple are demanding at present (stand by letter of credit for a million dollars etc). If it was implemented fairly (and IMHO in the original spirit of the EU legislation), its pretty obvious what the advantages would be; being able to compete with Apple to offer lower fees and thus hopefully attract developers and sales. Most outside observers with a reasonable understanding of the facts and a capacity for independent thought do not think this process is fair or implemented in the spirit of the legislation at all. Apple have made the process about as difficult as they could get away with while still appearing to follow the rules to secure their existing app store moat as best they could.
- Pwntheon 3y agoMaybe someone wants to start up a new store?
- k8sToGo 3y agoBut for what? You still need to submit your app through the Apple review process. If this was true Sideloading I’d understand but the way it is now I don’t see any advantage.
- ParkClarke 3y agoShould Valve have had a million dollars for Microsoft to be able to launch Steam?