> If there were alternatives you wouldn't be forecd to use them.
That's just not true. If App Developers choose to only release their app on one store then i am forced to use that store.
Say this Apple loses this battle and are forced to let companies run their own Stores on iOS. What's to stop a company like Facebook moving their suite of apps to exclusively be distributed through their own Store, which conveniently bypasses the App Review process, severely undermining user privacy. If i wanted to keep using these popular apps to communicate with my friends I'd have no choice but to use their alternative Store.
> You are putting a lot of trust in a company that may change its ways. If they change, where are you going to go?
That's just not true. If App Developers choose to only release their app on one store then i am forced to use that store.
Say this Apple loses this battle and are forced to let companies run their own Stores on iOS. What's to stop a company like Facebook moving their suite of apps to exclusively be distributed through their own Store, which conveniently bypasses the App Review process, severely undermining user privacy. If i wanted to keep using these popular apps to communicate with my friends I'd have no choice but to use their alternative Store.
> You are putting a lot of trust in a company that may change its ways. If they change, where are you going to go?
Then I'll switch to Android