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Costco does a pretty good job. I can purchase something there without research and still get a reasonable product at a reasonable price.

Yeah, considering the scale, Costco is doing a wonderful job. Plus, their generous return and price adjustment policies, it’s a no brainer to just buy Costco.

By contrast, Apple has let their App Store become a scam marketplace

I've found that it's been years since I browsed in there, are people still putting out interesting new things?

Besides the safari app and a big-name apps that you already know you want/need have been sufficent

Not many, if any. It really does look like Amazon — a lot of stuff with names like “BCDYYXZ Awesome App Clock Streaming Email Wordle A+++ Good For Facebook”

The difference is in scale. Compare and contrast the quality of Apple's online store for their physical goods with their app store.