This is what I’ve been saying the whole time. If we open up third party app stores, get ready for the meta store to be the exclusive place to download instagram and the Microsoft store the exclusive place to get outlook/teams, both pumped full of tracking and junk that would have never been approved by Apple, diluting the iPhone experience for many.
That’s fine, I’ll install the open source App Store that replicates the functionality of those apps without the bullshit (or straight up has modified versions that remove that garbage).
I’m pretty sure Netflix and YouTube got into games to position themselves as video game storefronts on iOS later and optionally pivot into full blown app stores next. All the big tech players know that money is made on taking a cut of in-app purchases in games with predatory mechanics.
It’s gonna be modern streaming / cable all over again. No more single well ran App Store/service, hello endless shitty marketplace
You’ve never used an Android have you?
99.9% of people will never touch a store out of the default.
LMAO FUCK NO
Wow what a time to be alive. You can buy a whopper at McDonald’s now. Imagine that. What a day for the people of this great nation.
They can do w/e fk they want, it doesn’t mean I’ll download anything from that crapstore 😌
