alt Hacker Newsmy completely uninformed speculation is that they didn't want to just build a clean, simple store that got out of your way, they wanted to throw in some sort of rent extraction or user control at every step.
my completely uninformed speculation is that they didn't want to just build a clean, simple store that got out of your way, they wanted to throw in some sort of rent extraction or user control at every step.
Right, to apparently every MBA wielding PM they are actually primarily user ID systems which allow you to buy things (including whole games).
And doing this requires including a near complete web browser with piles of added hooks, obviously.