Now think about this as consumers and as developers for a second before ripping everyone. Apple does have a truly unfair advantage. And we buy our Apple devices. We should be able to essentially “unlock” a feature to install third party apps via either known trusted app stores alternative to Apple or to non app stores directly from vendors.
Apple has had plenty of time to get the lead and make it so people want the privacy aspect and get used to the idea of trusting Apple to decide what should be on their iPhone. It’s like only advanced users would probably ever trust this or users who simply don’t care about the experience of trusting apps that don’t have any guarantees of privacy and then apps that have another vendor’s “App Store by Telegram” let’s say privacy and authentication methods.
As an AAPL shareholder, I would hate this. As an American, I want my privacy more than the government wants me to protect it from these tech companies, or even China. As a tech consumer and someone who gives Apple $10k+ annually, damn straight I want the option to put whatever I want on my iPhone. Maybe it will invade my privacy, then that’s my fault. Maybe it will bog down the SoC, then that’s my fault. Maybe it will be a virus, again my risk.
I actually think Apple is big enough that while they may lose 10% of customers from the App Store, 90% would stick with trusting Apple’s way is best for their safety. But for all those that say screw safety and it’s my device as I paid for it, I sure want access to other app stores I may trust or even the lunacy to download apps from a vendor directly and install.
Don’t think of this from your glasses as an Apple Fanboy/girl. Think of this in the same way you think of your computer. You can install the software the way you want, or you can trust the safety of your device only with Apple’s App Store. In my eyes, I am paying $1500 for an iPhone and more for an iPad, I should be able to install whatever the f&$@ I want!
Again, as an Apple Investor, I say hell no they built this platform. They get to decide. Android is a larger platform. There’s no monopoly. Leave Apple alone and waste someone else’s time with your ridiculous threats to Apple. As we all know Apple cares so much about us! Haha. Apple cares but what they really care about is the idea that we all believe our devices our privacy featured as they’re really just locked down.
Think about what you truly want. I wanted an iPhone on Verizon from the beginning. But I had to switch to AT&T. Now it’s available on all carriers and that’s much better for Apple. It was Apple’s, no Steve Jobs’s terrible strategic decision to lock in with AT&T for five years! We would have all benefited if Apple never signed such an agreement. Now think about a future where you as a consumer have the right to install whatever software you want on a piece of hardware you bought. It makes sense to me. And for most, the Apple ecosystem of privacy will still be the way to go.
