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Well, with the important notice I do not know what's happened, having read only one part, my take is simple: why people develop for walled gardens? If Play Sto

by kkfx 2y ago

Well, with the important notice I do not know what's happened, having read only one part, my take is simple: why people develop for walled gardens? If Play Store, App Store etc became EMPTY because the only apps are from big tech they totally loose any customers appeal and fails quickly. Remember the old concept of the union who makes the strength? Personally I do AVOID as best as I can any third party walled garden and even developing on their APIs because I know their are closed hostile ecosystems. We have to accept what freedom demand and simply go a step at a time toward a ban by laws of any closed software, any walled garden and so on. A step at a time means start not working on, so for, them today, explaining why as much as possible and inviting people toward open platforms. If you really want Android there is F-Droid as a middle-ground.

mystified5016 2y ago
Because that's where the users are. F-Droid is a novelty for an extremely small niche of users. You can't reach most users, and you can't charge them money through the app store. You have to figure out payment processing and licensing yourself. No, F-Droid will not replace google play for most users, nor developers who want to make money.
- kkfx 2y ago
  And most users are there because when Android start devs have accepted Google rules instead of ignoring the platform... Chicken and eggs. Now if most understand this a stop any update, retire their apps from the Play Store for how long Alphabet could possibly keep Android up?
crote 2y ago
> If Play Store, App Store etc became EMPTY because the only apps are from big tech they totally loose any customers appeal and fails quickly. Remember the old concept of the union who makes the strength? The vast majority of consumers aren't even aware that alternative app stores exist - and if they ever become even remotely popular it's pretty much a guarantee that there'll be scare campaigns from BigCorp because they're full with "malware". Heck, who's going to install some random third-party app store just to install a mobile game? Play Store / App Store have essentially become a monopoly. If you don't have an app on the official app stores, your company might as well not exist. Everyone knows this, so everyone tries to get their apps published on the official app stores. Google and Apple are very much aware of this too, and they just don't care about small apps because it's not making them enough money. Unless you're big enough to have your own account manager, you might just as well not exist at all.

by kkfx 2y ago

mystified5016 2y ago

Because that's where the users are. F-Droid is a novelty for an extremely small niche of users. You can't reach most users, and you can't charge them money through the app store. You have to figure out payment processing and licensing yourself. No, F-Droid will not replace google play for most users, nor developers who want to make money.

kkfx 2y ago
And most users are there because when Android start devs have accepted Google rules instead of ignoring the platform... Chicken and eggs. Now if most understand this a stop any update, retire their apps from the Play Store for how long Alphabet could possibly keep Android up?

crote 2y ago

> If Play Store, App Store etc became EMPTY because the only apps are from big tech they totally loose any customers appeal and fails quickly. Remember the old concept of the union who makes the strength? The vast majority of consumers aren't even aware that alternative app stores exist - and if they ever become even remotely popular it's pretty much a guarantee that there'll be scare campaigns from BigCorp because they're full with "malware". Heck, who's going to install some random third-party app store just to install a mobile game? Play Store / App Store have essentially become a monopoly. If you don't have an app on the official app stores, your company might as well not exist. Everyone knows this, so everyone tries to get their apps published on the official app stores. Google and Apple are very much aware of this too, and they just don't care about small apps because it's not making them enough money. Unless you're big enough to have your own account manager, you might just as well not exist at all.