Technically there's nothing stopping it in fact, as the existence of FDroid illustrates. It seems to me there is very little stopping there being a whole pile of competing Android app stores out there. They could have you side load it, or they could put it in an alternate app store, or hell they could open source it and use FDroid's app store. Unlike the iPhone environment the bank had a choice in using the app store. It's because your bank put it there, and it's a very a convenient service for both you and your bank. I don't doubt you used Googles app store to access the banks app (as would I), but it's not because of something Google forces you to do. They are not your typical mom & pop stores. Why do some people support them to grow even more bigger and more powerful? It's a nightmare to see power getting accumulated into few hands. ![]() but let them also give other options to consumers if they want to take the risk and download apps from another app store if they want to.Īnd these are already trillion dollar companies. Let Apple/Google give a top notch app store and claim it to be more secure, reliable, trust worthy (they are not today). At this point, the app stores are monopolies and consumers are the ones who are impacted. ignoring mobile and just using browsers is not practical. My banks, wearable devices, even many government services provide their apps via Apple/Android app stores and I'm forced to use only these app stores. But there's no such an option in mobile app store world. ![]() I can live without Starbucks or Netflix if I want to, or switch to different providers if needed. Consumers have a choice to switch all other businesses but not the mobile app stores. ![]() Surprised to see folks here comparing the Google Apple store to other business models like Starbucks, Donut shops, Restaurants? does not make sense to me. I consider HN users to be smarter and rational than average internet crowd.
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