Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting competition and consumers

Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by bern4444 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:16PM (#26965144)

I view this in a different light. We have two options for platforms, one for each idea. One idea being a platform that allows for third party app stores (android) and another platform that does not (apple).

We already have a choice, between these ideas, some prefer one over the other.

I personally prefer the platform that is better integrated, designed, and backed by the company already making the hardware and software. If I have an issue, I know who to go to.

If the other option were more obviously beneficial, why haven't alternative App Stores on Android succeeded yet? What's holding the maintainers of those alternative stores back from growth?

Maybe the answer in this case is that it really is just better (in a relativistic way) for the majority of people to interact with the same entity producing the rest of their phone's core software and perhaps even easier for developers to not have to contend with varying rules and policies across multiple App Store platforms.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by thefourthchime on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:23PM (#26965180)

I think it’s a bit of a false argument. The walls to entry are high.

Thanks think if users had to enable “unsafe” apps on the App Store than that would be fair. The whole “Benefit” from these walled gardens was that they would have some validation.

In reality their walls are revenue funnels.

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