> Apples standards are my standards.

Indeed. If you want to use their hardware, then you've no choice in the matter.

To be clear, I have absolutely zero issue with you choosing to be their customer. They make fantastic hardware, there are an enormous amount of pros to being an Apple customer. It's perfectly reasonable to look at these pros and cons and choose to be an Apple customer.

However, taking one of those cons and trying to sell it as a pro requires a fair bit of doublethink.

You could be using an Apple device and choosing Apple as your app curator. Lack of choice is not a feature.

>You could be using an Apple device and choosing Apple as your app curator. Lack of choice is not a feature.

Some people want to make as few choices as possible. That’s me. I don’t want to look at two or more app stores to find what I want. The lack of choice, for me, is a feature.

I understand that I’m a special type of narrow minded on this point. And I’m glad Android exists — I have a few Android devices myself, for hobbies and such - they’re just not what I would use for my daily driver.

I think the point is that Apple could still run their own App Store, which meets all of your requirements, without excluding all alternatives, which others might find valuable even if you choose not to use them yourself.

I do not agree that Apple can maintain the same high quality App Store while not excluding alternatives. Alternative App Store will invite developers to put in less effort to reach the same audience. I do not want this.

Surely that would just mean that application developers unwilling to comply with Apple's standards and pay its price of admission would be excluded from its App Store? Isn't that what you want, by your own arguments?

>You could be using an Apple device and choosing Apple as your app curator. Lack of choice is not a feature.

It absolutely is. Choice is happiness poison.