[local_dev]

> It's completely inacceptable that a single company holds the sole power to access such a widespread platform.

Why? What about Apple's practice is unacceptable?

What is the difference between Apple's behavior and how Nintendo or Sony run their platforms?

Personally, I do not want another store outside of Apple's because I value the review process. Compare Apple's app store to the Microsoft Windows Store. The relative quality of apps on Apple's store is significantly higher than on Windows Store.

[stale2002]

> Personally, I do not want another store outside of Apple's because I value the review process.

Then feel free to not install apps from different stores?

And let everyone else choose to use those other stores, on their own phone, if they choose to do so.

[rfd4sgmk8u]

It's not this simple, and security isn't about an individuals choice. It is about ecosystem security. The platform is considered secure because folks can't (easily) install malware from sketchy app stores. With an iphone talking to another iphone, one can be more confident that the other parties device is not compromised by garden variety trojanized apps, etc.

[stale2002]

Ok, then you should be given an option on your phone which says "do not jail break my phone".

And you should be free to keep the "don't jailbreak my phone" option on, and other people, who know the risks, should be free to switch that off.

Put a scary warning on it if you like. Problem solved.

Everyone gets what they want.

[detaro]

I thought the platform was considered secure because Apple is good at making a secure OS with working sandboxes. Their app moderation is bad enough that I would not want to rely on app store policy alone.

[asiachick]

You'd be free to keep using the Apple App Store. Nothing would change for you. You can still value their review process. You don't need to ban everyone else's choice to use a different app store for you to keep enjoying the Apple App store

As for Sony and Nintendo, 3 wrongs don't make a right.