The future of the App Store

Marco Arment · 13 Sept 2021 · marco.org ↗

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Credit cards provide stronger fraud protection and easier recourse for unwanted charges than app stores do.

Their wordsmost credit cards themselves provide stronger fraud prevention and easier recourse from unwanted charges than the App Store ever has
Our reading
People often use a dominant app not because it's good, but because it's the only practical way to reach an important goal in their life.

Their wordsMost people use a Facebook-owned app not because it's a good app, but because it's a means to an important end in their life.
Our reading
The realistic alternatives to Apple's App Store would end up worse than the App Store itself.

Their wordsApple's App Store is the devil we know. The most viable alternatives that would crop up would be far worse.