I’ve wrestled with these two seemingly conflicting notions for a long time, but after running an alternative app store for the past year I’ve finally been able solidify my thoughts on what I believe is best for the platform. In practice though, the current App Store situation has some significant problems which are getting harder and harder to ignore - several of which Congress’ antitrust report explicitly call out, such as requiring developers to implement in-app purchases or risk being thrown out of the App Store. As a user, I love the App Store and would hate to see it become less important to iOS. I’ve been wanting to write up my thoughts on the App Store for a while, but had trouble solidifying exactly how I felt about it.
House released their highly anticipated tech antitrust report, in which they explicitly stated that Apple’s monopolistic power in the mobile app store market has caused real harm to developers and end users.Īccording to congress, Apple “exerts monopoly power in the mobile app store market,” which “has resulted in harms to competitors and competition, reducing quality and innovation among app developers, and increasing prices & reducing choices for consumers.” /CBrTjEoMLN- Riles ? October 6, 2020
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Apple removes app used in Hong Kong protests after pressure from China.Since then, the conversation regarding sideloading and Apple’s control over the App Store has grown tremendously.
One year ago, I launched AltStore as a brand new way to sideload apps not allowed in the App Store, including my Nintendo emulator Delta.