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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

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Post by pedro_hab »

villgax wrote: post #55

What business does the govt have with private app stores.

Yes! If there are issues with Apple and Google they could create laws to fix it.

If the idea was to help citizens, laws or regulations to stop said practices would be better, not that I agree with it.

But thats not the idea, they see Google's power and they want in.

Can you imagine thinking a government having all your data is better than a corporation?

People have forgotten the governments were the perpetrators of the worst thing in human history.

No corporation has rounded up people to be shot like governments did.

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by mgreenleaf »

luckylion wrote: post #61
mgreenleaf wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was curious about government vs corporation revenues, which are imperfect measures, but an interesting comparison and quickly found this: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/corporations-not-coun... The raw data appears to be here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Jdgaz_qGg5o0m_6NCU_... And it seems that India just barely beats Apple on the list. But it makes clear that most countries have less revenue t…

Economies are usually considered by looking at GDP though. Walmart, Apple etc would still be impressive, but not quite as much.

True, and companies spend a massive amount of their revenue in operations, whereas I would assume governments have much more disposable income for activities other than putting capital into daily production.

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by risyachka »

echopom wrote: post #32
risyachka wrote: post #17

It 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.

You are used to Apple-style bureaucracy. It won't be even close. If 10 countries roll out their stores - most of them probably won't even be in English for a long time. Custom SDKs will add a lot of overhead on the development side. And app review madness will be like never before.

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by hehetrthrthrjn »

risyachka wrote: post #17

It will be a special kind of joy for small developers to publish their apps on a billion stores each with its own regulations.

OMG the horror of having a billion other choices when you're arbitrarily banned from one.

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by jefftk »

maneesh wrote: post #54
pojntfx wrote: post #47

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... or they could just create a PWA and publish it on the free and open web and have the app be available globally in 40s w/o any regulations or artificial restrictions.

Except the ability to send push notifications, which is paramount to retention and revenue

According to the article, India is 97% Android, and so Progressive Web Apps can send push notifications: https://developers.google.com/web/ilt/pwa/introduction-to-pu...

(Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by freewizard »

China would be a good example to predict what would happen. Since it bans Google, there are 11 Android app stores has >1% market share [1], most are from tech giants(e.g. Tencent), mobile operator(e.g. China Mobile) and phone manufacturers(e.g. Huawei). When Apple opens the gate for 3p App Store, it's safe to bet another 5~10 stores.

Maybe not every country will have as many app stores as China, but still that's gonna be a nightmare for developers (especially small developers) to manage.

Push notification might be another nightmare to watch out for consumers. When China bans Google service, app developers have freedom to implement push themselves or via a 3rd party vendor. And I guess if forced to open, Apple won't support non AppStore push either, hence consumers may end up with Facebook/Google/Epic/Tencent/YouNameWho have their push services running and connected on their phones with a burning battery.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058612/china-android-ap...

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by pkphilip »

I am glad that this will force a hard stop on Google's and Apple's monopoly on App stores and force them to be more competitive. India is too big a market for Google to walk away from - especially after they had to walk away from China.

However, it is entirely like that the Modi govt is probably trying to find a way to backdoor all phones in India through this. So thats bad.

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by actuator »

mantap wrote: post #58
HighChaparral wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right. India is the obvious destination for Apple if/when they decide to get out of their reliance on China.

Is it? Indian and Chinese culture is very different. Apple benefits greatly from China's unquenchable thirst for luxury goods in general, not just phones but clothing, cars, etc. Signalling wealth through conspicuous consumption is important in China. I don't see that same characteristic in Indian culture; of course there is a market for luxury goods but it's not the same.

> I don't see that same characteristic in Indian culture; of course there is a market for luxury goods but it's not the same.

Can it be just because of the difference in disposable income in the countries? I don't know any reliable metric for income but the GDP per capita of PRC is five times that of India. The quench for luxurious goods comes with rising income.

Re: Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store

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Post by hawkoy »

cardy31 wrote: post #68
vijaybritto wrote: post #65

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lol would get removed? This is a fascist govt. They'll ban Google and Apple stores in a whim.

India is a democracy...

Perceived democracy rates in democratic countries have been lower than people expect.

https://daliaresearch.com/blog/democracy-perception-index-20...

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