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Either accept it or buy Android. Or Windows Phone, looking like a stronger alternative all the time.
by MartinCron 14y ago
Either accept it or buy Android.
Or Windows Phone, looking like a stronger alternative all the time.
- jsight 14y agoDoes Windows Phone solve these issues? Ie, is there review process actually better than Apple's? Or do they have similar support to (the overwhelming majority of) Android phones for loading alternative app stores? I haven't really seen much evidence one way or the other at this point.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoI intentionally left it out, despite Windows 8 and the new Nokia looking gorgeous. It's the same problem. If MS says "No", then you're done. It's not your phone, you don't get to side-load the app. Same problem as with Apple.
- MartinCron 14y agoIt's the same fundamental problem, but side-loading isn't the only way to address it. People leaving the platform can apply market pressure on Apple to do the right thing.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoIt's not a very compelling message though: I'm leaving you Apple, because you censor apps, to another platform that also censors apps! (Granted, in all fairness, the Android Market removes apps as well, but side loading is kind of the eventuality here).
- MartinCron 14y agoFair point, but I see it more as a question of degree. It's not preposterous to say "I'm leaving you because you do too much of something I don't want (pollute, overcharge, play bad hold music, whatever) for someone else that does a little less of that same thing that I don't want (pollute, overcharge, play bad hold music, whatever)" If the market pressure is strong enough (I don't think it is, this is all hypothetical) then it could be something that Apple and Microsoft and Android and others actively compete on.