alt Hacker NewsConsumers never had an issue with Apple's app store. They don't care, frankly. In fact it makes it simpler for them.
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realusername • yesterday at 4:56 PM
Every time you try to inform consumers how much Apple charges, Apple bans the app though.
So even Apple thinks informing consumers on how the appstore works is a threat
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> They don't care, frankly. In fact it makes it simpler for them.
No it absolutely doesn't. Search is so broken that you can't even tell people "Search for Hacker News on the App Store" and have them find your app called "Hacker News" -- search ads get top billing now, so it may be a competitor called "Hacker News Today" infested with unskippable ads and a weekly $14.99 in-app purchase. Not that their organic search results themselves are good either.
So, smart companies send customers to a web URL, and then link to their App Store product page directly. The App Store provides zero value to anyone but Apple (by design).
Customers also don't open the App Store today to browse for new and interesting apps, the way Apple seems to pretend. Customers find out about apps from social media ads and install them directly.