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by corkmask 2197 days ago
As a consumer I mostly agree BUT no one forces me to pay for anything, so I avoid dodgy sites.

As a developer of an app that is in IAP hell right now I disagree. I don't care for the app store, nor does it provide me with any benefit. All I want is for my existing customers, for who I spent MY marketing money to acquire, to be able to install my app on a device THEY paid money for.
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criddell 2197 days ago
> I don't care for the app store, nor does it provide me with any benefit.

I'm guessing it does provide you with some benefit or else you wouldn't be in it.

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grishka 2197 days ago
Well, I mean, you could consider having a presence on iOS a "benefit"? You either go through the app store or you don't have an iOS app — there isn't a third option.
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corkmask 2197 days ago
I am in the app store because my customers demanded an app. If I had a way to deliver one similar to android I would stay tf away.
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Andrew_nenakhov 2197 days ago
As a consumer in China you can't use an app that doesn't conform to the rules set by CCP.

Sideloading is a must. And push notifications must work for sideloaded apps, too. If apple doesn't provide that, devices should have ways to install alternative push providers. All that keeps that from happening is the extreme closeness of iOS

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Bud 2197 days ago
13 years of the iPhone being the most popular consumer product in the history of the universe would seem to suggest that sideloading is not "a must"; indeed, some might say it suggests the opposite: that sideloading is in fact a huge plus and part of why the ecosystem is succeeding so well and users' security and stability of their devices is so superior to competing products.
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MereInterest 2197 days ago
Fine. Installing custom software is not an economic "must", but is a moral "must". If I have bought a device, then it is mine to run whatever software I want on it, and the manufacturer of the device has no moral claim over it.
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criddell 2197 days ago
If you agree to not side-load software via some EULA, does that change the moral calculus for you?
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Andrew_nenakhov 2197 days ago
To me it's just a monopoly abusing its position.
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ajconway 2197 days ago
But Apple is not a monopoly.
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Andrew_nenakhov 2197 days ago
Yeah right. Just today's search in DDG news for 'apple monopoly':

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=apple+monopoly&atb=v194-1&iar=news...

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