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Better than the writing of preachy blogs that do nothing. The problem with current Mozilla is that they have no platform. They have no reach.
Mozilla should step into this space. Launch an alternative app store, cost-neutral or minor profit only, all apps privacy checked. Better than the writing of preachy blogs that do nothing. The problem with current Mozilla is that they have no platform. They have no reach.
Mozilla should step into this space. Launch an alternative app store, cost-neutral or minor profit only, all apps privacy checked. Better than the writing of preachy blogs that do nothing. The problem with current Mozilla is that they have no platform. They have no reach.
I would totally pay for apps on a Mozilla store. This is a great idea.
Screw it, I might as well spit it out: it should not be a woke app store.
I'm dreading this. I want privacy hostile companies like Facebook to have to comply with the app store rules and respect system settings relating to privacy. As a user, I'm thrilled when Apple wields its big stick to stop big tech companies from overreaching. Before there was a bit of a compromise, I could use evil apps with some peace of mind that they wouldn't do something egregious. Now I suspect evil apps just wo…
I'm the opposite, as looking at android, where do we see this? All big players are still in the play store, because the average user of those services doesn't want to be bothered going to a website, clicking scary looking buttons to enable third party installs, then manually update their own installed apps. Basically the risk would be someone like TikTok dropping out of the store, but I find that unlikely. Maybe at t…
Google doesn't prevent Meta or TikTok or any other apps from spying on you, as long as they also get to spy on you. So they have no incentive to build a competing store.
Apple, on the other hand, limits what apps are allowed to do.
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- 27.71% worldwide is iOS. - 56% in the US. - 34% in Europe. - 18% in Asia. - 13% in South America. [2] That all in mind Apple has 85% of the global share of smartphone profits. [1] Many Android players have a negative profit share. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-03/iphone-gr... [2] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/
Those are numbers for smartphone sales, not the software on them. Hardware sales can be negative, sometimes even intended. Just look at console vendors for that.
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If you don't want to sideload, then don't. If companies don't want to be on the platform app store anymore, it's not the end of the world. I ran a windows phone for several years; if there's no app for something, there's usually a website, and Safari is loads more usable than mobile IE or mobile Edge; so you're fine for the most part. Yeah, you might lose out on playing FPS games on your phone, but is that really a l…
The net loss is to society when Meta pulls Instagram from the official store and says "to continue using Instagram, go to instagram.com in safari and follow the instructions".
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- 27.71% worldwide is iOS. - 56% in the US. - 34% in Europe. - 18% in Asia. - 13% in South America. [2] That all in mind Apple has 85% of the global share of smartphone profits. [1] Many Android players have a negative profit share. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-03/iphone-gr... [2] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/
Those are numbers for smartphone sales, not the software on them. Hardware sales can be negative, sometimes even intended. Just look at console vendors for that.
Anecdotally, most people I know might spend $20/year on App Store purchases (excluding streaming services if they don’t have a desktop computer).
I’ve made well over six figures for a few years and have never spent more than $100 in a year, the vast majority of those purchases for one off games/apps, not iap coins/tokens/etc.
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If you don't want to sideload, then don't. If companies don't want to be on the platform app store anymore, it's not the end of the world. I ran a windows phone for several years; if there's no app for something, there's usually a website, and Safari is loads more usable than mobile IE or mobile Edge; so you're fine for the most part. Yeah, you might lose out on playing FPS games on your phone, but is that really a l…
The net loss is to society when Meta pulls Instagram from the official store and says "to continue using Instagram, go to instagram.com in safari and follow the instructions".
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As opposed to Apple being big enough that they can bully developers into both building for their platform and distributing through the channels they christen?
Yes. All hail the walled garden, didn’t know it’s what I wanted but it is. The PC is my playground, I want my phone to be rock solid and someone else to do the weeding there.
I can't wait for my banking app to ask me to disable sideloading on iOS before I can actually use it. Such idiocy has been rampant on Android with banking apps refusing to launch when Developer Options are enabled. That aside, I am very happy with this development. I have personal apps that I'd like to sideload without paying for a developer account. I am also looking forward to a more lively open-source ecosystem ar…
You can side load your personal apps now.
And you can install three personal apps at most.