• cyanotrix@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Not altruistic but a reality. Apple has very stringent code quality, privacy and security reviews on apps submitted to the app store. I really appreciate what they are doing on that front considering Google just allows any tom dick and harry apps on the playstore. Seriously the amount of shitty and scammy apps on playstore far outnumber genuine and useful apps. I for one would never ever ever use any 3rd party stores when it comes to iOS purely because of how good a job Apple does compared to Google.

    Don’t even get me started on the huge pile of crap that is Samsung and Amazon stores. I guess they have spare money to throw away in the development and maintenance of a scam platform.

    As to 30% cut of every payment, yes it’s quite monstrous and that needs to change absolutely. But having 3rd party stores is not the solution. Everyone is greedy at the end of the day. Developers won’t offer differential pricing based on the platforms. They’ll keep the pricing the same and keep a higher cut. So for the end users there’s no difference and that’s why app store should always be preferred over any 3rd party stores.

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      11 months ago

      Third party stores are quite helpful though. They’ll keep Cook busy with actually improving the app quality, moderation quality and maybe even annoying ads. There must be an alternative, whether you personally will use it or not. I will.

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      11 months ago

      The AppStore is full of trash too. Let’s not kid ourselves out.
      Is google play store worse? I don’t know I didnt have an android in years.
      But I can tell that the AppStore is full of trash.