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How to understand this in 3 easy steps: 1) Build a product. Any product, doesn't matter. 2) Walk into Wal-Mart and demand that they sell it. 3) Watch them la
by msbarnett 14y ago
How to understand this in 3 easy steps:
1) Build a product. Any product, doesn't matter.
2) Walk into Wal-Mart and demand that they sell it.
3) Watch them laugh you out of the store.
Stores aren't under any obligation whatsoever to sell something just because you, or I, or Google, wants to sell it in them.
- clark-kent 14y agoThat's because Walmart is not a marketplace like ebay. An app store is a marketplace with terms and conditions, any one that meets those terms should be allowed to list their app.
- sandee 14y ago"should" be allowed OR is it "may" be allowed (if apple pleases).
- philwelch 14y agoEmpirically, the iOS App Store is not a marketplace like ebay, either.
- msbarnett 14y agoNo, you'd like the App Store to be a marketplace, but the way it's operated since its inception clearly demonstrates that Apple, as is their right, runs it as a curated store.