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0 pointsrickycook7y ago0 comments

i wouldn’t pin that all on anti competitive behaviour though... the end to end control of the platform is kind of Apples MO, and is a fairly distinguishing feature between the Android ecosystem and the Apple ecosystem. it’d be nice to have another distribution option, but not at the expense of a simple UX, security, or any other very valid reason to only allow a tightly controlled experience

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lwansbrough7y ago

Oh okay, so as long as it's their MO to have a monopoly then it's fine. I'm sure plenty of iPhone users, for example, would like to have a PornHub app on their iPhone, but that's currently impossible because of Apple's guidelines. You could build a very high quality app and be denied for a reason strictly outside of the "UX, security 'or any other very valid reason'" that Apple arbitrarily decides.

caf7y ago

Forget PornHub, the Valve's SteamLink app is a much better example. Denied, on Apple's own words, because of a business model conflict.

scarface747y ago

And what would this pornhub app do that you couldn’t do from the website?

Should Nintendo also be forced to sell a PornHub game?

AnthonyMouse7y ago

> And what would this pornhub app do that you couldn’t do from the website?

Store files for offline use or untracked use, have better privacy because user settings can be stored locally rather than on the server, provide source code that can be audited rather than relying on javascript that can change at any time, etc. In general, anything an app can do that a website can't -- otherwise why do native apps even exist?

> Should Nintendo also be forced to sell a PornHub game?

They shouldn't be allowed to prevent someone else from distributing one.

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wild_preference7y ago

Their point wasn't just "it's their MO". You just attacked the lowest hanging fruit. It doesn't make for good discussion.

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