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by throw4747477 3y ago
Sure, but that was clearly not a priority for you. For others it certainly is, and in aggregate people choose the platform with its curation. All things being equal, if the closed store were a net negative of any significance, Android would
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by throw4747477 3y ago
The web is full of junk, and so is Android. I don’t expect Apple to eliminate apps I don’t like from the store, and I’d say Apple’s first party stuff is part of the curation. You might prefer the store was open, but that clearly isn’t a p
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by throw4747477 3y ago
Unless you interpret it in a charitable way instead of an incredibly misanthropic one. Have you considered that you are introducing a false dichotomy? If helping other people pleases you, doesn’t that just make you a good person? Is it pos
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by throw4747477 3y ago
If any of this were even remotely true, Android would have blown past them easily. The reason people choose Apple products is because they want Apple’s curation. That’s it, pure and simple. Apple is profitable because customers value this
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by throw4747477 3y ago
Giving people feedback like they are an excited friend it not giving them the benefit of the doubt. It’s infantilizing to both of you, and borders on sycophantic.
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by throw4747477 3y ago
> Give feedback like you would to an excited friend. Why do we need to treat creators like an excited friend? A lot of the ‘excitement’ from founders seems like a self-conscious performance, and they aren’t our friends . They are peop
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by throw4747477 3y ago
I’d rather we had guidelines for the people who launch stuff. Usually they talk like an LLM crossed with a customer service call center.
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by throw4747477 3y ago
No company has an incentive to give a premium experience unless people pay. That’s how businesses work.
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by throw4747477 3y ago
Clever workarounds get you removed from the store.
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by throw4747477 3y ago
> Do you volunteer at the soup kitchen to help people? Or to make yourself feel something? This makes no sense. An altruistic person is precisely someone who feels good about helping other without receiving anything in return.