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This horrible scenario you’re describing is the World Wide Web: each company free to sell their software on their website directly to consumers. This is the re

This horrible scenario you’re describing is the World Wide Web: each company free to sell their software on their website directly to consumers. This is the reality on Apple’s own macOS. This is a pretty weak boogeyman.

lolinder 2y ago
You've been enjoying having to juggle five streaming services to access all the content that was previously on one? Remember that I choose Android for the flexibility. I like the wild west of the WWW. I'm here defending the interests of a group that isn't well represented on HN: Apple users who actually like having exactly one App Store that they can count on to look out for them and moderate what apps can and can't do. We already have Wild West platforms. For a while we had one that was better regulated, and people flocked to it. Large companies are lobbying government to dismantle that platform for their own selfish interests, and you're cheering it on rather than just picking the ecosystem that already provides what you want.
- _aavaa_ 2y ago
  See my other comment. Streaming services are not comparable; games purchased on one store do not leave your library the way shows leave streaming services. And there’s no “juggling”, none of these have ongoing costs. If people can juggle getting weather in one app, videos in another, and banking in a third, they can “juggle” the hassle of a one time search to find where to purchase the game.
- jncfhnb 2y ago
  The streaming problem doesn’t disappear when your streaming services are served to you via the App Store
  - lolinder 2y ago
    No, but in short order every company of any size will have its own app store which will be the way all their customers have to download their apps, same as every media company has its own streaming platform.
    - _aavaa_ 2y ago
      You are describing websites and the state of desktop computing.
      - lolinder 2y ago
        I already replied to that argument above and am not interested in going in circles any further.
    - jncfhnb 2y ago
      So when you say “every company of any size” you actually mean “a small handful of the largest companies”, right? Because I’m happy to identify 100 media companies for every 1 that you identify that offers their content exclusively on their own streaming platform

lolinder 2y ago

You've been enjoying having to juggle five streaming services to access all the content that was previously on one? Remember that I choose Android for the flexibility. I like the wild west of the WWW. I'm here defending the interests of a group that isn't well represented on HN: Apple users who actually like having exactly one App Store that they can count on to look out for them and moderate what apps can and can't do. We already have Wild West platforms. For a while we had one that was better regulated, and people flocked to it. Large companies are lobbying government to dismantle that platform for their own selfish interests, and you're cheering it on rather than just picking the ecosystem that already provides what you want.

_aavaa_ 2y ago
See my other comment. Streaming services are not comparable; games purchased on one store do not leave your library the way shows leave streaming services. And there’s no “juggling”, none of these have ongoing costs. If people can juggle getting weather in one app, videos in another, and banking in a third, they can “juggle” the hassle of a one time search to find where to purchase the game.
jncfhnb 2y ago
The streaming problem doesn’t disappear when your streaming services are served to you via the App Store
- lolinder 2y ago
  No, but in short order every company of any size will have its own app store which will be the way all their customers have to download their apps, same as every media company has its own streaming platform.
  - _aavaa_ 2y ago
    You are describing websites and the state of desktop computing.
    - lolinder 2y ago
      I already replied to that argument above and am not interested in going in circles any further.
  - jncfhnb 2y ago
    So when you say “every company of any size” you actually mean “a small handful of the largest companies”, right? Because I’m happy to identify 100 media companies for every 1 that you identify that offers their content exclusively on their own streaming platform