Netflix is the latest company to try bypassing Apple’s app store

Post by nohnce » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 12:49 PM UTC

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On the other hand, Apple controlling the UI means, as usual, they kill other services ability to innovate. But most apple users don't care to have very limited capabilities as long as the core value is here and it's streamlined in the apple experience. Hell, they used a phone without copy/paste for a long time and it didn't bother them.

Companies aren't innovating anymore, though. We've reached the point where we have dominant players controlling the field, and any "innovation" we see has to do only with profit margins.

Post by realusername » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 12:57 PM UTC

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> I well remember the state of Windows during Win 98 and XP where most had no idea what they were downloading, and it seemed every machine had malware, hidden pop ups and 37 IE toolbars. I was constantly asked to clean up friend's machines from the damage done by Kazaa and its associated garbage or some other drive-by crap. I still prefer that personally than the crippled smartphones.

That's fantastic. Some people agree with your views and there are products and software distributions in the market to satisfy them. Some people prefer the way Apple does things. Everyone's preferences are being catered for, and that is wonderful.

Post by Larrikin » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 1:12 PM UTC

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Chrome

It's on the App Store.

Post by wilsonnb3 » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 1:25 PM UTC

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We got here rather simply... Apple introduced the iPhone with no apps at all, then gave a half-assed open solution (bookmarks on your home screen, essentially), then they introduced the App Store, with their rules. Since there was no other way to get apps on the phone (short of jailbreaking), App Store won and Play Store was built in this model. Other smartphones in this space at the time (Windows Mobile and Blackber…

Unless they've changed it recently, you can install anything you want on an Android phone. You just have to change a setting to allow apps from unknown sources. It takes a few seconds. I believe this is still the only way to get the Humble Bundle app/game installer on your phone. https://www.humblebundle.com/app

Post by neonhomer » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 1:29 PM UTC

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Only because Microsoft was in a monopoly position in it's market. Apple isn't, and thus is not subject to the same oversight. Not that the current administration is going to be performing any anti-trust litigation anyway.

We currently have duopoly which is not much better than actual monopoly. The reason we don't have anti trust litigation is because neither GOP and DEMs are interested to do it and that's because these companies since them got smarter and heavily lobby. Corruption all the way.