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by fjdjsmsm 2123 days ago
95% of the public don’t even know what GitHub is. The vast majority of people aren’t going to run patches a developer posted there.

Anyway, the argument was that the Apple app store was stifling app development. In your reply you yourself say the apps on the Google store are “Maybe not quite as high” quality.
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AnthonyMouse 2123 days ago
> 95% of the public don’t even know what GitHub is. The vast majority of people aren’t going to run patches a developer posted there.

Which doesn't matter, because the person who is going to test your patch does, or the person who will write their own and submit it. Which makes the app better, for everybody.

> Anyway, the argument was that the Apple app store was stifling app development. In your reply you yourself say the apps on the Google store are “Maybe not quite as high” quality.

There is a difference between the quality of an app and the quality of a store. If Google Play contains all the same apps as Apple's app store, but they're higher quality because people hack on them more, it could still have a lower average quality if the store itself is less selective and there are also a bunch of lower quality apps. Which doesn't really matter because nobody is making you install those ones. Especially when you're not using the store for discovery to begin with, which they're increasingly useless at.

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kevincox 2123 days ago
I don't see why we can't have things if they aren't useful to 5% of the population and don't harm the rest.

Also the "maybe not as high" comment was about security because you can make an argument that the human review is better. However there doesn't seem to be overwhelming evidence on either side comparing human review to mostly automated.

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LexGray 2123 days ago
Basically because that 5% is saying the other 95% should never have the option for a device without third party App Stores. It is a small minority trying to dictate what options the majority has available.
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kevincox 2123 days ago
No one is forcing anyone to install an app store. But this logic you are already being forced to switch to Android and install a third-party app store for applications that aren't allowed on the Apple App Store or Google Play. The reality is that you aren't being forced to do that today and won't be if you can install software without approval from Apple in iOS.
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mthoms 2123 days ago
That quote was in reference to security, not quality.
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anoncake 2123 days ago
If we ban everything most people don't care about, not much will be left. Long tails are long.
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