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  • Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad idea

    JlongJlong
    AppleZulu said:
    Jlong said:
    Everyone has been going back and forth but at the end of the day, let me put it in this way:
    • There is 1 place where you can get IOS apps.
    • There is 1 place where a developer can sell IOS apps
    • There is 1 place where you can buy IOS apps.
    Notice how it's always "1" place? This is the main issue, and in this regards Apple does have a monopoly (since only apple can sell IOS apps). Apple isn't denying this but also not acknowledging it because it's stupid to do so. Their statements/counterpoints about security and etc so far all point toward one narrative and for one outcome. And the outcome is to disallow side loading apps, disallow 3rd party app stores and for Apple to be the sole gatekeeper, in other words have a monopoly.




    When you go into a restaurant, there is generally only one place to buy apps for consumption in that restaurant, too. You have the freedom to go to another restaurant to get their apps at any point, but it is not a generally accepted practice to be allowed to buy third party appetizers in a restaurant.

    That analogy isn't quite right. A food court would be a better analogy as the food that's being sold is not entirely made by 1 vendor just like all apps in the app store aren't made by apple. Imagine you wanted to sell food to customers who shop at a high end mall. Now you are told in order to sell food to them you have to do so in the mall's food court. The rent for spot is higher than the average rent. Furthermore, you are not allowed to open your own restaurant, food truck and etc within 100 miles of the mall. Sure you can go 100 miles away but those are different clienteles.

    williamlondonelijahg

  • Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad idea

    JlongJlong
    Everyone has been going back and forth but at the end of the day, let me put it in this way:
    • There is 1 place where you can get IOS apps.
    • There is 1 place where a developer can sell IOS apps
    • There is 1 place where you can buy IOS apps.
    Notice how it's always "1" place? This is the main issue, and in this regards Apple does have a monopoly (since only apple can sell IOS apps). Apple isn't denying this but also not acknowledging it because it's stupid to do so. Their statements/counterpoints about security and etc so far all point toward one narrative and for one outcome. And the outcome is to disallow side loading apps, disallow 3rd party app stores and for Apple to be the sole gatekeeper, in other words have a monopoly.




    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamelijahg