I know it's a marketing channel, but overall it seems like an additional problem when you want to publish an app.
Also, the best apps, like YouTube Vance, aren't even in those stores.
So what are the reasons to use them?
👤 thanksforfish Accepted Answer ✓
Walled garden approach to managing an ecosystem. The benefits to those who run the ecosystem include the ability to collect revenue from apps and the ability to set terms and conditions. From that perspective YouTube Vance (YouTube with ads removed) would harm Google so they wouldn't want it to be easy to install. App store works as planned.
👤 RegnisGnaw
Why do we have supermarkets? I mean I can instead just go down to my local carrot farmer and buy a bag. Same with my local potato farmer. Then I go to the Kraft factory to buy some KD.