[andrewchambers]

I think you are right, this is a high technical debt solution for letting lay persons install software more easily. App stores already did a pretty good job at this anyway, and have the added benefit of curation.

The number of layers of in our software stacks grow faster than Moore's law can handle.

[pcwalton]

> App stores already did a pretty good job at this anyway

Then why isn't the Mac App Store (to name an example) a runaway success?

[andrewchambers]

I kind of answered this with a comment above that mentions "try before you buy". Of course I am just guessing.

[zurn]

Mobile app stores are junkyards with terrible discoverability and they have a captive audience.