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People seemingly keep forgetting that you can have direct installs and alternate stores on Android but somehow Play Store is still dominant.
by margana 3y ago
People seemingly keep forgetting that you can have direct installs and alternate stores on Android but somehow Play Store is still dominant.
- pas 3y agoBecause there's not much you can't put on the Play store that's worth managing separately. (And because of this alternate stores are extremely meh.)
- nicce 3y agoWhat is the argument for Apple’s App store if there are no benefits in Android world? Just wondering.
- pas 3y agoExactly what Apple now provides. Hand-reviewed apps. Trust, quality, safety, integrated in-app payments, etc. The problem is that there's no opt-out, no one can (even try to) offer (real) alternatives, and thus it's impossible to judge the App Store's value proposition on its actual merits, and in the end consumers cannot vote with their wallets, there's no realistic way from the status quo (of Apple simply extracting economic rent) to a competitive market of stores.