@grishka I think you might be right that it's the app-stores....

@grishka I think you might be right that it's the app-stores.

If you build a Reddit client that Reddit don't like they'll get you removed from the only two places you can sell your software now.

Like 1 Jul 2023 at 13:16 | Open on boing.world

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Gregory

@pre but that's for iOS. And it's in desperate need of regulation. Mandated sideloading can't come soon enough.

For Android, no single party has control over app distribution. Google Play is a *preferred* channel, sure, but no one's stopping you distributing self-updating apks from your own website or github or whatever.

1 Jul 2023 at 13:19 | Open on mastodon.social

Adam Dalliance

@grishka Nobody's stopping you doing that but also more than 90% of people won't stray from the store.

I doubt anyone in my family other than me even knows fdroid is a thing.

1 Jul 2023 at 13:22 | Open on boing.world

Gregory

@pre most people I know who use Android do install apks from time to time. It's never a big deal for them. They don't consider phones any different from computers.

Either way, these kinds of non-approved third-party client apps have always been for the tech-savvy first and foremost.

1 Jul 2023 at 13:27 | Open on mastodon.social

Adam Dalliance

@grishka Yeah. I would think it would be possible to release Appolo in such a way that it uses the user's API keys and Apollo has nothing to do with the transaction.

So I dunno why that didn't happen. Too much effort I guess.

I don't really like apps anyway. I like the web :)

1 Jul 2023 at 13:29 | Open on boing.world

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