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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by Apocryphon on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:42PM (#37667478)
Besides all of the trouble it takes to build and run one's own store, pulling one's apps off the official App Store would be hell for discoverability and UX. And the Amazon store really only exists for the sake of Fire tablets.
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by wvenable on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:49PM (#37667540)
I have a Samsung Phone, it's preloaded with Galaxy store, and they still put their own apps (even exclusive apps) in the Play store.
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by paulmd on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:23PM (#37681526)
nobody needs to "discover" facebook, that's the power of network effect
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by Apocryphon on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:30PM (#37681615)
Ushering the FB app to a Meta store would still require a migration process that would be annoying at best and arduous at worst depending on the user. See what happened to the HBO Max to Max app rebrand this year, except with the additional

That migration process is the discoverability issue, because now users would be forced to contend with yet another website, marketplace, account, etc.

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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by wvenable on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @06:11PM (#37682105)
When someone searches for the fictional new Facebook clone "Visagebook" in the Apple store you can bet they'll want to pay money for "Facebook" to show up somewhere in those results.
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