[Fed-Talk] Curated vs Open App Store
[Fed-Talk] Curated vs Open App Store
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Curated vs Open App Store
- From: Todd Heberlein <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:18:51 -0700
There has been a lot of discussion of the potential of Apple losing customers (the Army?) and developers in part because of the control Apple exerts on what you can install on your iPhone/iPad by controlling what is accepted into the App Store (ignoring the Enterprise model). But when I read a story like the one linked below, I think, "Oh yeah, there are some good points to Apple's curation process too."
Google’s mismanagement of the Android Market
Here is how the article begins:
"Earlier this week, CNET ran an article critical of the permission model of the Android Market. Google’s response to the criticism was that “each Android app must get users’ permission to access sensitive information”. While this is technically true, one should not need a PhD in Computer Science to use a smartphone. How is a consumer supposed to know exactly what the permission “act as an account authenticator” means?"
Todd
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