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Keep up the good fight, Tim. The App Store is our one saving grace from the festering nightmare that is literally every other app store in existence. It's one

Keep up the good fight, Tim. The App Store is our one saving grace from the festering nightmare that is literally every other app store in existence. It's one of the primary reasons I stick with iOS. Their curation process, for better or worse, is one of the last remaining good faith pro-consumer efforts I can even think of from a large corp.

Arkanum 2y ago
Surely there is a middle ground where its at least possible to install apps that apple haven't approved[1]? I also like the idea of the _higher_ bar that the app store is supposed to have (not that this bar is always met), but the lack of any alternative is really crappy. [1]: https://atp.fm/628 https://atp.fm/628 & https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114043540322770608 https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114043540322770608
poisonborz 2y ago
> Apple app store review process "good faith pro-consumer effort" Comedy gold here! What if they would trust the users to install whatever they wish (from other sources) and THEN provide this marvellous service in addition?
chasil 2y ago
If you become the owner of a Pebble watch (I am not), then your perspective may shift. Their curation is thorough, but somewhat biased. Nobody is perfect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43401245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43401245
PaulHoule 2y ago
Steam's "app" store seems pretty good to me. Not to mention other app stores for game consoles such as Xbox, PS, and Nintendo as well as the Meta Quest. If the Play store is bad it's because Android is bad, not because the store is bad in and of itself. I had decent experiences with the app store back in my Salesforce days, as much as that seems a different life.
- pchristensen 2y ago
  Those stores are more locked down than the Apple App Store.
thefz 2y ago
There are heaps of garbage in it as well as malware and other stuff.

Arkanum 2y ago

Surely there is a middle ground where its at least possible to install apps that apple haven't approved[1]? I also like the idea of the _higher_ bar that the app store is supposed to have (not that this bar is always met), but the lack of any alternative is really crappy. [1]: https://atp.fm/628 https://atp.fm/628 & https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114043540322770608 https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114043540322770608

poisonborz 2y ago

> Apple app store review process "good faith pro-consumer effort" Comedy gold here! What if they would trust the users to install whatever they wish (from other sources) and THEN provide this marvellous service in addition?

chasil 2y ago

If you become the owner of a Pebble watch (I am not), then your perspective may shift. Their curation is thorough, but somewhat biased. Nobody is perfect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43401245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43401245

PaulHoule 2y ago

Steam's "app" store seems pretty good to me. Not to mention other app stores for game consoles such as Xbox, PS, and Nintendo as well as the Meta Quest. If the Play store is bad it's because Android is bad, not because the store is bad in and of itself. I had decent experiences with the app store back in my Salesforce days, as much as that seems a different life.

pchristensen 2y ago
Those stores are more locked down than the Apple App Store.

thefz 2y ago

There are heaps of garbage in it as well as malware and other stuff.