Apple App Store

“Apple is still permitted to vet apps for security reasons, even when they are distributed on alternative app stores.”

“I have the reasonable assumption that whatever I install from the app store is not going to brick my phone”

“I have a reasonable amount of confidence in Apple's due diligence around vetting apps on the app store.”

“there was no good mobile app experience before Apple created one. And they created one that was half the cost of the terrible stores that existed before.”

“Apple takes ages to respond but has been known to be humanly possible so far.”

“with the wave of slop-apps it fine with a slight delay so the App Store doesn’t become riddled with slop like the android store.”

“if you have some issues you can open a ticket where a fucking real human will look into it and answer you”

“App Review is really only good at catching things that make Apple uncomfortable for financial reasons”

“Apple needs to catch up with the changing requirements, so digital goods delivered by the developer's infrastructure shouldn't have a commission.”

“It's Apple's own App Store requirement that forces any developer regardless of payment option to pay a commission or be delisted.”

“Don't install random shit scam apps then. It's easy. Just don't do it. Use the App Store.”

“They've funded macOS R&D for decades without charging developers anything. Why should iOS be any different?”

“Apple reviewers falsely accuse an app of being astrology when absolutely nothing proves it and double down when shown they are wrong.”

“It's one of my favorite things about payments going through the apple App Store.”

“making it impossible to sell your product with less than a 30% margin does not seem in line with today's software and streaming economics”

“I've been installing apps from the App Store for more than a decade and have never ever accidentally downloaded spam or malware.”

“you can't get apps onto their phones without Apple and Google signing the app and letting you into their store”

“the iOS App Store and the iOS security model has been the best thing for software security”

“I like the fact that when deleting an app, it reminds you about existing subscriptions related to that app”

“prefer purchasing via app store because it avoids all of the dark patterns”

“I'm paying the same either way, and often with a more convienent way of managing the subscription.”

“Apple doesn't have some special magic "discoverability"; they just prevent any other stores from being able to compete with them.”

“it was a great deal compared to the 90% cut you had to give phone carriers”

“They should get 30% for installing paid apps that they are vetting and hosting, but nothing for things third parties are hosting and vetting”

“ease of subscription control, visibility, safety and ease of payment with in-app Apple payments”

“Cancelling and reversing on the App Store is basic, easy, and friction-free.”

“You cannot tell me with a straight face that if the only difference was I subscribed on my phone to someone who charges me $10/mo, Apple is entitled to $36 for the first year”

“Apple is succeeding largely on merit, within the bounds of civilized, peaceful competition.”

“a restriction that has nothing to do with safety or quality and everything to do with the stupendous amounts of money they make from it”

“consistent, consumer-friendly subscription terms that Apple stringently enforces across its ecosystem”

“An App Store that restrict us from running the application we want is bad.”

“We can't logically use sales, customer satisfaction or user retention as metrics to measure how successful services iCloud or the App Store are”

“break the stranglehold cellphone carriers had on cellphone software, and we should kiss their butts every single week for that”

“IIRC just looking at the confirmation if i wanted to buy something in the app store via face id was enough to confirm it”

“their products like iMessage, Safari and the App Store are artificially segregated from free-market pressures”

“If Apple denies you, iPhone users can't get your app, and if you go sign up at a competitor or buy your own servers, they still can't get your app.”

“Giving them exclusive control to police speech - legal speech - without an opt out that doesn't involve thousands of dollars of loss”

“There is significant less scam on iphone because apple polices their app store.”

“It has some of the disadvantages, some of the advantages. It's not (and never was) perfect.”

“Finally making it easier to link to apps without having to worry they might not be on an Apple device.”