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Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
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Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#32It will be a special kind of joy for small developers to publish their apps on a billion stores each with its own regulations.
That's a bit exaggerated I think , you would get just "One Side Store" Per country or Region.
That would be such a big victory.
Personally I would not complain about the bureaucratic overhead.
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#33When did Apple open up to alternative App stores and side loading? I must've missed this, because this was my number 1 reason to avoid Apple products. Not that I'd buy any, reasons 2 through 10 are still deal breakers.
It’s possible Apple won’t have a choice if they want to sell phones in India. India is a huge and growing market, I’m not sure Apple can afford to give that up...
I’m not sure Apple cares much about the market in India and would pull out of India before opening up the App Store. This won’t be popular.
I know plenty of my Indian colleagues who buy and bring home Apple devices for their friends and family. People will just start smuggling the devices in if they have to.
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#34When did Apple open up to alternative App stores and side loading? I must've missed this, because this was my number 1 reason to avoid Apple products. Not that I'd buy any, reasons 2 through 10 are still deal breakers.
They will be forced to eventually. But from a technical/security standpoint it’s not at all hard for them to do. They use PKI for all apps and from the security standpoint, it’s a matter of adding another certificate to the trust chain. Obviously there are many UI considerations, but I’m just saying this doesn’t require some crazy core/kernel engineering revamp of iOS.
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#35What is their aim by having an alternate app store? Maybe make the manufacturers install it by default as a system app with all the permissions enabled by default? It'd be pretty easy to have a control over what people are seeing or using if so. It's just guess work but I wouldn't be surprised if this is the idea.
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#36What's wrong with Getjar for Android? [0] Although I think it needs a redesign but at least it has no Google control and it is independent. iOS on the other hand is slightly difficult to sideload apps compared to Android. Not too optimistic about an alternative App Store on iOS. [0] https://www.getjar.com/
I had a hard time finding an app between that crazy amount of ads.
From all the blank spaces in my browser I imagine there must be a lot of ads.. ;)
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#37India wants more Apple manufacturing and Apple wants to sell India more phones. My guess is this won't happen.
Right. India is the obvious destination for Apple if/when they decide to get out of their reliance on China.
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#38It will be a special kind of joy for small developers to publish their apps on a billion stores each with its own regulations.
I seem to recall a standard XML file for describing apps in stores a couple years ago.
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#39It will be a special kind of joy for small developers to publish their apps on a billion stores each with its own regulations.
That's a bit exaggerated I think , you would get just "One Side Store" Per country or Region. That would be such a big victory. Personally I would not complain about the bureaucratic overhead.
There are 193 countries (footnote[0]), so that might mean 193 app stores, but then some countries might delegate the power to require their own app store to their own regions/"states".
Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store
#40Ok maybe the Indian govt can force Android phone manufacturers to pre install it's app store, how is this going to play out on iPhones? Are we going to see a ban on iPhones in India?
Let's look at some background 1) The issue is that Google is attacking competitors using the App Store as a weapon Google Pay is one of the biggest payment apps in India It attacked PayTm, another very big payment app, by making its app disappear 2) So lots of Indian companies are using it as an opportunity to do BOTH A) Point out Google attacking competitors B) Google taking 30% cut is unsustainable * Now, in INdia…
No 30% is a big deal...
"The government's existing Mobile Seva App Store is expected to be refurbished to create the Indian App Store and all the applications in it, will not be charged for gatekeeping."