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He says "Apple showed the world how awesome a central managed application store is". As a developer I feel like the worst thing about iOS and Android are their
by greenwalls 13y ago
He says "Apple showed the world how awesome a central managed application store is". As a developer I feel like the worst thing about iOS and Android are their app stores.
Could Bitcoin, Bittorrent, Napster, Chatroulette, or any new and fun applications or websites exist if they were forced to appear in an app store? No way! Do we want some giant company deciding what new technology developers can come up with in the future? I hope we don't do that to ourselves.
App stores are garbage.
- roryokane 13y agoI think he was advocating optional app stores, not a sole-provider app store like on iOS. Even though OS X and Android have app stores, they also let you install any “unapproved” apps you want and open whatever web apps you want, after changing a one-time setting. The proposed Windows 8.2 would probably be the same. As long as app stores remain optional, I think they are a good thing. It is a lot simpler for users to browse one place for apps and install all apps in the same simple way. An app store is a reassuringly simple way to install software for those who aren’t very confident with modifying their computers.
- scholia 13y agoThere already is a good app store for Windows, and has been for a couple of years: http://allmyapps.com/ http://allmyapps.com/ You can download apps directly without using the installer, but the installer will update apps for you as well. There's also Ninite, of course, but AllMyApps has over 16,000 apps.