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If users didn't care about alternative app stores, then why does Apple ban them?

• insane_dreamer 3y ago
  because it provides no benefit to Apple while carrying significant risk: - if users are happy with the alt store and it becomes highly successful, Apple loses revenue it would otherwise get from its own store - if users are unhappy with the alt store because viruses, etc., get onto their phones, or it becomes a spam-ware cesspool, Apple gets the blame (the vast majority of users will not differentiate and then Apple has to spent tons of effort to "don't buy from stores X, Y and Z"--much easier to just disallow them) Remember, most Apple users care about an optimum experience. If they care a lot about openness they would be using Android / Linux and are not Apple's target.