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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by encryptluks2 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:41PM (#26965301)
If you lose out on an app because they decide to exclude themselves from the app store, couldn't you just find another app that doesn't exclude themselves that caters more towards your philosophy?
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by Gaelan on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:46AM (#26966065)
The top 10 free apps on the App Store, at time of writing, are TikTok, HBO Max, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, Snapchat, Zoom, Gmail, and Google Maps. Until Gmail, every single one of those provides access to content that can't be accessed thorough another app—a more ethical Snapchat doesn't have any of my Snapchat-using friends, and a more ethical HBO Max doesn't have the movie I want to watch. So no, in practice, the option is to get the app, wherever it's available, or decide to do without whatever it's offering.
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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by ccouzens on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:51AM (#26968739)
YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Google Maps all have good enough experiences using a mobile web browser. You don't need their app to access their content.
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