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> All that goes out the window when you introduce a third party app that can do whatever it wants to system settings.

> when you introduce a third party app

So ... you could chose not to do that for your parents. There's no way they would do it by accident.

> that can do whatever it wants to system settings

Can App Store apps even do that now?

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> So ... you could chose not to do that for your parents. There's no way they would do it by accident.

If third party app stores were allowed, some vendors OPs parents need to use would likely only publish their apps on a different store. I would not enjoy helping my parents navigate going to the MS store for Office, the Facebook store for Instagram, the Google store for maps. The lack of fragmentation makes this much more approachable for them.

This is not a defence of the current system. That has many other problems.

This is a good point but I feel this is one of those things where the market forces can come into play. You can buy office on the Apple App Store, or on the MS store for 10% less. There are people that’ll go through the effort. But most won’t.

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