For a very narrow definition of "need". Do people "need" to use Lightroom? Not like I need oxygen, but if it were critical to my work then I think "need" would be an appropriate term to use.
Can you guarantee that Lightroom will never, under any circumstance, leave the AppStore? If you can't, then you can't say no one will need to leave or to use anything outside the AppStore.
Well the same meaning of need you have for call of duty or angry birds, if it’s critical I would use that term.
its up to the markets and apple to convince if adobe should be available on the AppStore. If it’s critical for you then just go directly to the manufacturer or find an alternative. Vote with your dollars.
Why you only accept this on macros scale but never on the micro scale is baffling
There's something like 4 million apps on the store now. So you think there are about as many applications being limited by policy as aren't? And if the number of apps suddenly doubles, you think people aren't going to go outside the AppStore to get them?
There is no self consistency in your assertions here...
Sure but I mean more in apps including user generated content similar to steam and their use of the workshop category that developers can use.
Do you not see how much weaker a force the Mac AppStore is than the iOS one? Saying "don't worry, it'll just be like the Mac AppStore" isn't a vote in favor of this.
If it's on Steam but not the AppStore then you need to use something outside the AppStore.
Why does the force of the Mac AppStore provide in this context? Shouldn’t that be up to the market if it’s greener instead of corporate policy that protects them from internal competition?
Steam for Mac (march 2010) and Mac AppStore(April 2011) launched almost simultaneously.
But steam simply outcompeted and provided better services and results for the market and won on the merits of innovation. It’s not steam’s fault if developers don’t want to use apples options.
That’s why they have 5.600~ Mac games compared to the 1.400~ Mac games on the AppStore. Steam have about 1.300~ Mac games that are only available there.
And and estimated 200~ that only are on the Mac AppStore.
Steam earned 80%~ of the market by innovating better than everyone else.
You don't need to use iOS when Android exists, for a much broader usage of "need".
How is android a relevant option when it’s not the deciding factor?
Ther exist phones that offer better options than iPhones on subjective metrics.
There exist android versions that are more secure and locked than iOS.
There exist android stores that are more secure than the AppStore.
You don’t need to use iOS, but iOS is not part of the same market as android for the simple fact that everything on ios isn’t separated from the phone.
I'm sure it's purely coincidence that there are
no European gatekeepers or services being addressed... It does seem awfully convenient that none of the businesses that need to be brought to heel happen to be constituents...
"The trouble with the maples
And they're quite convinced they're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
[...]
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
by hatchet, axe and saw"
-- Peart
It’s actually a coincidence, we have a lower bar for what’s anti competitive so our companies are just more regulated compared to U.S. with a much higher thought standard to meet.
- ASML HoldingASML They killed the American competition and forced them out of business
- and now they’re world’s leading of chip-making equipment. . That Global foundries, Intel , Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Apple and TSMC wouldn’t exist without
- SAP with 77% of the world’s transaction revenue touches. Apple ,Google , Amazon and Microsoft use it as their ERP.
- They outcompeted oracle and other U.S. companies as well.
EU just facilitated the right and opportunity exist, but that’s for the market through competition and consumer demand to decide how to approach the opportunities.
