<story><title>Making More Outside The App Store</title><url>https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2017/02/10/piezos-life-outside-the-app-store/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rcarmo</author><text>I think there is an elephant in the room here, which is that app stores (Mac, iOS or otherwise), besides all the requirements for inclusion (sandboxing, approvals, etc.) have become massively unmanageable dumping grounds, full of junk that is very hard to sift through for the normal customer.&lt;p&gt;Yes, they afford some credibility, trust and security (even though evil devs are constantly pushing the envelope), but even simple mechanisms like search are fundamentally broken on Apple&amp;#x27;s stores.&lt;p&gt;And it&amp;#x27;s not just about devs gaming the keyword rankings (I see enough of that when my kids search for games). It&amp;#x27;s just hopeless.&lt;p&gt;So no wonder RogueAmoeba makes more money off the App Store. Even discounting other factors, their (rather specialized and very, very cool) apps are just easier to find via web search.</text></comment>
<story><title>Making More Outside The App Store</title><url>https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2017/02/10/piezos-life-outside-the-app-store/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bsaul</author><text>App stores for mobile phones were very convenient at start because they provided a safe gateway to curated content, and globally enhanced the quality of what independant developpers released. But now it&amp;#x27;s clearly a hindrance. I wish the european union would force Apple to enable the installation of other app store (distributing legal software of course) on their device.&lt;p&gt;Actually, a good start would be to have the &amp;quot;don&amp;#x27;t distribute an app that has the same feature as a preinstalled one&amp;quot; clause declared illegal.</text></comment>