Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by noodlesUK on Saturday April 27, 2024 @05:57PM
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Until such time as a big player like Epic or Facebook decides that the only way you’re getting their apps is by using a store they control and can bypass all permission controls on. When that happens it’s going to become 2000’s browser toolbars all over again
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Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by bigstrat2003 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @06:32PM
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That hasn't yet happened on Android. While it might happen on iOS, it's not reasonable to assume that it will happen.
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by noodlesUK on Saturday April 27, 2024 @06:52PM
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It has already happened on android in the case of Epic. They require that you side load their launcher/store in order to play games such as Fortnite. There was a big lawsuit about google’s fees which precipitated this.
https://www.fortnite.com/mobile/android/new-device?lang=en-U...
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by jwells89 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @08:51PM
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My hypothesis is that it’ll happen to both iOS and Android once iOS has been forced to allow third party app stores in most major markets.
Why? Because historically, iOS has been the more profitable platform for mobile developers by a large margin. The payoff for building and maintaining an alternative app store for Android only is questionable, but improves significantly if the store can exist on iOS too.
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by nerdix on Saturday April 27, 2024 @08:45PM
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You don't have to use their apps. I never understood this argument. Why would you even want to use the apps of companies that you don't trust?
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
by Repulsion9513 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @10:48PM
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Oh no! People will have to install a store from a developer they trust which contains products from that developer they trust in order to install those products from that developer they trust! How unsafe! This is absolutely removing options from the user!
Sheesh...