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Apple admits third-party App Stores in Europe are inevitable (appleinsider.com)

submitted 2 years ago by FollowingFeisty5321@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] purplemountain01@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not buying it. Apple wants to be in control of EVERYTHING and doesn't want to actually compete. I'm all for giving options and freedom to the consumer, user and developers.

Third party app stores have their uses. Their are some app stores like F-Droid that only allow free open-sourced apps, some 3rd party app stores won't have as tight as rules as Apple app store and could let devs offer their own payment structure in-app which the Apple app store does not allow. Or some 3rd party app stores may not allow or have to require Apple's proprietary frameworks in order for the app to function. This is similar to Aurora store for Android.