> AppStore would be dead on arrival.
Yes, exactly! That's the point. The mobile ecosystem would look heaps better without it.
Yes, exactly! That's the point. The mobile ecosystem would look heaps better without it.
The most valid complaint, and this is something Apple needs to address world view, is the move towards in-app purchases and subscriptions. I believe that is due to a limitation in the AppStore, where Apple isn't allowing upgrade pricing, but allowing subscriptions to enable features. In-app purchases is destroying the AppStore. You could say: Well that would be fixed with an alternative store, but I have serious doubts about other app store operators not being tempted by the recurring revenue as well.
Any difference in quality stems from the fact that Apple product users are more willing to pay for things. The free apps are equally bad in both stores.
Meanwhile Android allows for alternative stores like F-Droid, where you won't see the usual spam, as the apps are FOSS.