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Re:Rethinking the App Store by nightski on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:38PM (#24287005)
Why do we need 3rd party stores? Why not just have a standard for an app endpoint url that iOS knows how to interact with. So I could publish an app on a private domain and then iOS would know how to download the app and check for updates from that end point? While there is value in a centralized store to search for apps (and that can certainly stick around), I don't understand why apps are forced to be hosted centrally in a store, Apple or third party.

Ex: To install the "Pepsi" app just go to pepsi.com and click the install app button. Then iOS could take over from there.

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Re:Rethinking the App Store by cactus2093 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:58PM (#24287766)
This seems like just an implementation detail of the idea of 3rd party stores, I don’t really see how it’s a big distinction. And Apple’s opposition to this idea would clearly be the same as the reasons it has given not to allow third party stores.
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Re:Rethinking the App Store by single_source on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:11PM (#24287319)
because they don't get the margin they're currently getting :)
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