App stores can be very inconvenient for developers (the app store can veto you, even if you beg right), and for users, they remove (simply by hiding) much of th

App stores can be very inconvenient for developers (the app store can veto you, even if you beg right), and for users, they remove (simply by hiding) much of the implied control that exists on the desktop, where one can manage applications as files. The filesystem is still there, but it is so buried it might as well not exist. They may be convenient, but they are not a substitute... It shouldn't be either-or, it should be both.