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Anyone have anything that backs that up or hear the same thing? It's interesting that 10 years later we're still there ;)
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It's no different than any other type of marketplace whether it be for music, books, video, etc.
I strongly disagree. Finding a product on Amazon is significantly easier than finding something in the App Store. Sometimes even if you know the exact name of the app you literally cannot access it unless you have the URL. Their search is awful and forget browsing with the amount of content.
I can just leave a new phone next to the router. With windows, I have to sit and monitor a lot of things for those four hours along with hunting down the most updated executables and setup files.
I feel that mobile got software distribution correct. Thanks a ton, Scott Forstall.
If you purchase an App from the App store and then change your phone, I assume you should be able to carry over the paid app to your new phone. Does anybody know if the App Store enforces this and what (if anything) they do to vendors who violate this? It seems that there are numerous complaints on the review page of "word with friends" by people who paid for the Ad-free version but when they moved to a new device, t…
The only reason this should happen is if the Ad-free version was pulled from the App Store.
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It's no different than any other type of marketplace whether it be for music, books, video, etc.
I strongly disagree. Finding a product on Amazon is significantly easier than finding something in the App Store. Sometimes even if you know the exact name of the app you literally cannot access it unless you have the URL. Their search is awful and forget browsing with the amount of content.
The Play Store (other than the horrific naming) strikes a decent balance, but isn't particularly great either.
Don't know why app stores seem to be so challenging for all the players in the space.
If you purchase an App from the App store and then change your phone, I assume you should be able to carry over the paid app to your new phone. Does anybody know if the App Store enforces this and what (if anything) they do to vendors who violate this? It seems that there are numerous complaints on the review page of "word with friends" by people who paid for the Ad-free version but when they moved to a new device, t…
Sounds like an issue with the app. Usually, apps have a 'redeem' button somewhere, that checks with the App Store to see if you did the purchase before, exactly for this scenario. (e.g. Monument Valley does this, and also some apps on macOS.) I believe you can link maybe 5 devices to one account?
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Is there a unified library of podcasts and ratings on Android? As far as I know there's a number of apps that maintain their own libraries but nothing unified across the whole platform and built into the OS like iTunes.
Google Play Music has podcasts, that might be the closest thing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
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It's no different than any other type of marketplace whether it be for music, books, video, etc.
I strongly disagree. Finding a product on Amazon is significantly easier than finding something in the App Store. Sometimes even if you know the exact name of the app you literally cannot access it unless you have the URL. Their search is awful and forget browsing with the amount of content.
I heard once that Steve and Co. early on envisioned the iPhone to work mostly with web apps through the browser, but when it became clear the tech wasn't going to be there they went the app store route? Anyone have anything that backs that up or hear the same thing? It's interesting that 10 years later we're still there ;)
Non exhaustive list of web APIs broken on iOS Safari:
1. WebRTC Data channel
2. WebGl 2
3. Limiting WebApp storage to 50MB, just because. Oh, and purging it at random, just because
4. Web push notifications
5. Disallowing 3rd party browser engines (Every browser on iOS is a wrapper around iOS's WebKit)
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Whenever I get a new Windows laptop, the first four or five hours are spent reinstalling software that I use on a daily basis. I can just leave a new phone next to the router. With windows, I have to sit and monitor a lot of things for those four hours along with hunting down the most updated executables and setup files. I feel that mobile got software distribution correct. Thanks a ton, Scott Forstall.
It's more like mobile got package management right.
Windows is terrible as an example to use for installing/removing software as it has extremely crude (almost non-existent) package management system (referring to Windows Installer here -- .msi files). [0]
I like to think of the App store (and equivalent) as a Linux command-line beautified by a GUI shell in a mobile form-factor.