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Beg to differ. They have far less problems to worry about when hosting the only the source code. Now if they host entire apps they will most likely be required to moderate the content in the apps. Its not a random company. MS will want to maintain their brand image and regulations. This will lead to the same problems sooner or later.
Branding does matter, but friction would be extremely rough. Windows is ironically an extremely open system. All users are very used to doing what other platforms would call side loading. And all apps on windows have developed their own methods for receiving updates. The Microsoft store for windows is pretty sad. Not because the interface sucks, at least not more so than google or apple ones, but because there isn't…
I have plans to put my Windows apps in the Microsoft store, because I have heard it is cheaper than getting a code signing certificate which would be renewed yearly But I switched to Linux, so I could not use any of the Microsoft tooling. Unless the store deployment can run on WINE?
> They already host source code of millions of apps. Release integration should be trivial to implement. Release integration is trivial for anyone. It's the easiest and most irrelevant part of the app stores. > Unlike Google they actually listen to their users. They were awesome during youtube-dl debacle. And controversial on others, like shutting down Popcorn Time's repository. As any other, they'll listen if there'…
The funny thing about these "reasons" the article writes, is that it does not give any reason why GitHub would want to create such an app store. Most the reasons stated are basically what we will supposedly benefit. There is literally no reason from GitHub's point of view why they would be interested in creating such a product to begin with. Of course, there might be reasons form Microsoft to create an alternative to…
Apple - Blocked
Android - Pointless without a drop in replacement for Google Services.
Windows- This is possible, but Windows doesn't really have a distribution problem. There's no real need here.
Linux - Again possible, but no real need
Author here, I am afraid my blog is hosted on a Raspberry PI and it might go down because of HN traffic. If that happens, the mirror of the post is at https://telegra.ph/GitHub-Should-Start-An-App-Store-01-31 Did not expected this to blow up. Thanks for the critical feedback. You guys are tough crowd :)
People are raising some good concrete objections but I wonder if there isn’t the kernel of a good idea here. Maybe GitHub should be offering additional services to better help pipe projects into all kinds of app distribution mechanisms. App stores, platform package managers (apt dnf ports homebrew), language package managers (gems pip maven CPAN npm etc), stand-alone installers (dmgs install exe-s), maybe even contai…
I agree with your interpretation. GitHub already allows projects to publish release builds. They could provide a new search form that looks somewhat like an "app store" where you could search for ready-to-install packages.
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The first thing would be for someone to actually define "woke", as opposed to slinging it around as a conveniently-nebulous catch-all to describe people they're opposed to (see also "liberal" and "conservative"). What is the woke manifesto? If you have something to say, then please just say it without couching it behind vague terms and "you can connect the dots yourself" conspiratorial thinking.
The American right has spent the past 35 years inventing scary new names for the same nebulous concept of a Marxist horde threatening to prevent them from speaking honestly. It’s been known as “political correctness”, “social justice warriors”, “wokeness” and certainly a bunch of other names. The fundamental premise doesn’t change because it’s rooted in some deeper fear.
It'll take some serious antitrust action before real competition will be allowed to improve costs and experiences for developers and users alike when it comes to mobile app distribution. In the meantime, Apple and Google will continue to keep a stranglehold on the app distribution market like they have for over a decade now.
Let me just install an app by browsing a regular website, not being funneled through somebody's portal. That's how every other computer in history has installed apps. It's not perfect but it certainly has none of the downsides of app stores.
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If you think Microsoft wont turn their back and get on the ban/censorship train like any other company I believe that would be a mistake. They will have some "woke" employees and journalists grill the executives and then they will cave to mob rule just like the rest.
Is hand-wringing over "woke" bogeymen the next evolution of grousing unironically about "SJWs"?
As soon as someone starts complaining about "woke" and "SJWs" and "cancel culture" and so on, I know I can just switch off and disengage, as anything they have to say on the topic will be some reactionary bullshit they're parroting at me.
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Oh no, poor literary agent caught posting on Gab, a far right white supremacist website, and losing her job. Thoughts and prayers. More seriously if you think that's a problem IMO the solution is to ask for better employee protection laws so that people can't be fired at will. This is not a free speech problem IMO, it's a worker right issue. And if it turns out that her contract did mention that she shouldn't publicl…
Seriously. Gab isn't a far right white supremacist website. It's just right wing Twitter. I don't understand where all this hyperbole comes from but it's a perfect example of the low-information individuals we have in society today.
Just take a quick look at the comments on the top stories in the “Gab trends” section:
https://trends.gab.com/item/60163b8f144291532b8bccb0 Bill gates conspiracy theorists
https://trends.gab.com/item/601682466beb1e3de3156fe1 “Pence is a traitor!”
https://trends.gab.com/item/6016992e144291532b8d5986 “Socialists are murderers!”
Are these normal right wing talking points?