Tim Cook's line of argument seemed a bit weird to me. On one hand he's saying that he doesn't know if Apple's customers would be able to distinguish between Apple's good and holy curated store and Epic's filthy shitheap of porn and blackjack, but he's also saying that Apple's customers definitely want Apple's App Store as-is.
>Lawyer says, “if people really value Apple’s curation and Apple’s App Store, even if there are multiple stores, people could still go shop at Apple,” right?
>“It seems like a decision that they shouldn’t have to make,” Cook says.
https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139579670438178406...
>Will people not be able to distinguish between an official and unofficial store?
>“They’ve never had to do it before. They’ve bought into something that’s an ecosystem that just works.”
>So you don’t know if people can tell the difference?
>“I’m saying I don’t know,” Cook says.
https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139579711859036569...
>Apple can’t really know that it runs a better app store than anyone else, when it’s never let anyone try, right?
>“It’s an experiment I didn’t want to run,” Cook says. Customers “uniformly” want it to “stay like it is."
https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139579741076549632...
>Lawyer says, “if people really value Apple’s curation and Apple’s App Store, even if there are multiple stores, people could still go shop at Apple,” right?
>“It seems like a decision that they shouldn’t have to make,” Cook says.
https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139579670438178406...
>Will people not be able to distinguish between an official and unofficial store?
>“They’ve never had to do it before. They’ve bought into something that’s an ecosystem that just works.”
>So you don’t know if people can tell the difference?
>“I’m saying I don’t know,” Cook says.
https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139579711859036569...
>Apple can’t really know that it runs a better app store than anyone else, when it’s never let anyone try, right?
>“It’s an experiment I didn’t want to run,” Cook says. Customers “uniformly” want it to “stay like it is."
https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/139579741076549632...