A hill I will die on: curated apps stores, with platform owners making decisions around things that will not be allowed at all, are a massive step forward and have huge benefits to actual users, for security, privacy, ease of use and safety.
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Platform creators are the only ones who can decide which APIs are public and make changes in response to threats. Additionally, standardized review processes are a good thing.
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These slight advantages don’t suffice to justify platform distribution monopolies. This is a $100B/year business with store operating costs below $10B/year, so you’re giving away over $20B = 20% of industry revenue to monopolies for a couple thousand store coders and reviewers.
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