https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/macpaw_pulls_plug_on_setapp_mobile_in_eu adding onto @gruber 's article with the android/PC angle:

it's telling that Android never forbade alternative stores or pulled games, and there was still zero interest in i.e. SlideMe or the Samsung store. Amazon's app store was only popular because they gave out free apps and was the only game in town on Fire tablets (the giving away free apps is telling for Epic's own game store on PC too, where outside of free subsidized games and Fortnite, no one uses it instead of Steam)

third-party app stores are very much a forced meme and the main marketplaces on a platform are natural monopolies; it's probably better to regulate those instead, or support other platforms

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#poll #grammar