Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The mobile app store world is a duopoly run by Google and Apple. Both use a variety ...
The mobile app store world is a duopoly run by Google and Apple. Both use a variety of tactics to prevent their customers from installing third party app stores, which funnels all app *makers* into their own app stores. Those app stores cream an eye-popping *30%* off every purchase made in an app.
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