More stores might be more choice for you, but it would take away the benefits to me of apps having to go through Apple App Store review to get on my phone.
Finally, the thing is users don’t always want all these choices. Really. That’s why the Play Store dominates on Android. Consolidation and simplicity benefits users. I know that creates monopoly issues and Apple should be held accountable, but the concerns of users like me need to be addressed. A Freedom Store with loose controls on iOS, but with Google apps, Facebook, Spotify, Fortnite, probably all the MS apps as well, all as exclusives would coerce users into using two different stores and cripple privacy accountability for iOS users like me.
And yet:
users don’t always want all these choices. Really. That’s why the Play Store dominates on Android.
I just hear this claim touted a lot around HN. I'm trying to determine if it's FUD by examining the evidence. Do you have any examples that fit this criteria? That is, can you name any modestly popular apps that moved from the App Store on Android to a sideload-only model?
The iOS built in controls would still be the same.
There just isn't a compelling case for a major app to go sideload-only. This entire line of reasoning smells like FUD.
Personally, I would prefer just one App Store with Apple compromising in other ways. Lower fees, consistent application of the rules, and proper support for PWA's. How do you feel about that?
Fair enough, can you give us a few of those benefits so we can have a discussion? AFAIK, Apple's privacy controls are built into the OS, so you'd still have those.
From a user experience perspective, Apple’s ethos is that of a consistent, clean look and feel for everything in the ecosystem.
Additionally, from the user experience perspective, Apple’s ethos is for custom development to maintain adherence to the stated user experience goals of Apple’s own in-house development.
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#des...
I wouldn’t worry about Facebook and Google. Ad vendors will want their wares on as many platforms as possible.
It’s the rent-seekers who want to milk their IP for every last cent that are most likely to go down the ‘freedom store route’. Disney. Sony. And basically every large game company.