![]() All that means the incentives to distribute apps outside the App Store, or to launch an alt-store, are stronger than on Android. part of this remains unclear? It's the same incentives that drive iOS-first development choices, with the added wrinkle that the App Store restricts the potential of certain monetization schemes (spying on users) more than the Play Store does. > An alt-store stands to capture more value on iOS than Android, and spying on iOS users is probably a whole lot more lucrative than spying on Android users. without explicit user permission, same as an app available via the app store. ![]() Being available outside the store just means they can accept their own payments, they aren't going to have full system access to photos/contacts/files/etc. ![]() The other thing is, these apps will still be sandboxed. Visibility for indie apps is basically zero on the big platforms, but for the large players, being in the app store is actually important, at least for now, as users are used to going to the app store to search for software, and not just typing something into google. Maybe at the best they will have an "unrestricted" version with bonus features outside the app store. I'm the opposite, as looking at android, where do we see this? All big players are still in the play store, because the average user of those services doesn't want to be bothered going to a website, clicking scary looking buttons to enable third party installs, then manually update their own installed apps.īasically the risk would be someone like TikTok dropping out of the store, but I find that unlikely. ![]()
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