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		paulryanrogers on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Mac didn’t bring programming to the people Only if the users can be satisfied by the supposedly higher quality software, produced by devs willing to pay the Apple tax and unafraid of being Sherlock-ed If your need was niche then go away.

fulladder on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

There are only two smartphone platforms, and both of them have app stores and make other efforts to control the overall end user experience. What do you disagree with?

tomrod on Sept 18, 2023 | [–]

I'm scratching my head what besides F-Droid and Altstore are available for smartphone platforms. Unless you mean the OS itself.

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