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Sure, but that was clearly not a priority for you. For others it certainly is, and in aggregate people choose the platform with its curation.

All things being equal, if the closed store were a net negative of any significance, Android would be doing much better than it is.

The web is full of junk, and so is Android. I don’t expect Apple to eliminate apps I don’t like from the store, and I’d say Apple’s first party stuff is part of the curation. You might prefer the store was open, but that clearly isn’t a priority for you.

But you refute the GP’s other point in any case - you think their first party stuff is great, which he seems to dispute.

Unless you interpret it in a charitable way instead of an incredibly misanthropic one. Have you considered that you are introducing a false dichotomy?

If helping other people pleases you, doesn’t that just make you a good person?

Is it possible that such people exist, and that helping others need not only be the consequence of following the dictates of a rule based ‘imperative’?

If I needed help, I would far rather receive it from someone who was doing it because they received personal satisfaction from doing so, than someone doing it because they were trying to avoid violating an imperative.

If any of this were even remotely true, Android would have blown past them easily.

The reason people choose Apple products is because they want Apple’s curation. That’s it, pure and simple. Apple is profitable because customers value this.

Those who don’t like Apple have always had plenty of options.

Giving people feedback like they are an excited friend it not giving them the benefit of the doubt. It’s infantilizing to both of you, and borders on sycophantic.

> Give feedback like you would to an excited friend.

Why do we need to treat creators like an excited friend? A lot of the ‘excitement’ from founders seems like a self-conscious performance, and they aren’t our friends. They are people starting businesses, not children.

I’d rather we had guidelines for the people who launch stuff. Usually they talk like an LLM crossed with a customer service call center.

No company has an incentive to give a premium experience unless people pay. That’s how businesses work.

Clever workarounds get you removed from the store.

> Do you volunteer at the soup kitchen to help people? Or to make yourself feel something?

This makes no sense. An altruistic person is precisely someone who feels good about helping other without receiving anything in return.