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> Imagine 2007 and the following years already with the EU act in full effect. AppStore would be dead on arrival. App stores on platforms where competition is
by riffraff 2y ago
> Imagine 2007 and the following years already with the EU act in full effect. AppStore would be dead on arrival.
App stores on platforms where competition is allowed still thrive, I'm sure you heard of Steam?
- nottorp 2y agoAnd funny enough, Steam has some competition, namely GoG. Speaking of game stores, how about an "alternate iOS app store" that only has hand curated pay once games? Might entice me to actually check mobile games again and even buy some.
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- freetanga 2y agoXbox, Sony and Nintendo each has its own e-store plus physical copies (first and second hand) in many retailers. Epic, Rockstar, EA, Paradigm, etc each have their own e-Shops too. Any dev can choose to sell direct too (your Mac, Win or Linux will happily install third party software) And Steam has GoG and other competitors (I often used Humble Bundle) You
- NekkoDroid 2y ago> (I often used Humble Bundle) Do note that Humble Bundle keys are often Steam keys provided to the developers by Steam at no extra cost IIRC.