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Are they though? I haven't seen any evidence to suggest significant migration away from the iOS App Store. I was under the impression that devs and consumers th
by cmeacham98 2y ago
Are they though? I haven't seen any evidence to suggest significant migration away from the iOS App Store. I was under the impression that devs and consumers that cared about side-loading largely already self-selected to Android.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYes, that's market capture. Odds are most people won't even know about other stores on IOS, for years on end. >I was under the impression that devs and consumers that cared about side-loading largely already self-selected to Android. Consumers mostly did, devs would still appreciate the feature since usually the choice isn't to make only an android nor only an iPhone app.
- layer8 2y agoIt's certainly a major disincentive for me to start developing iOS apps. Dealing with all that patronization and red tape is off-putting and feels just not worth it for projects that you want to do for personal edification and fulfillment. IOS not being particularly fun to develop for likely hurts the platform to some degree.
- deergomoo 2y agoWhat I'm speculating is less that established apps will move elsewhere (after all, without rewriting your product with web tech there is nowhere to move to outside of the EU), and more whether new developers will simply choose not to bother or to go web-first at the start.