{"slug": "app-store", "name": "App Store", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 1, "commenters": 4, "warners": 3, "score": -1.746, "rising": 1.0, "first": "2025-12-18", "latest": "2026-10-14", "why": "reading this is a good reminder of why I went the App Store route", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 3}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "reading this is a good reminder of why I went the App Store route", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["App Store", "Apple App Store"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 799927840, "item_id": 49995490, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995490", "by": "ryanascend", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "reading this is a good reminder of why I went the App Store route", "excerpt": "I'm a solo dev who just shipped my first iPhone app, and reading this is a good reminder of why I went the App Store route. My code ships as a compiled binary, so there's no source for anyone to copy and republish. I pay Apple's cut and complain about review delays like everyone else, but never having to file a DMCA takedown against someone reselling my own work is worth it.", "context": "solo dev who shipped first iPhone app", "use_case": "distributing iPhone app", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 801309328, "item_id": 50081833, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081833", "by": "cebert", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Do you not use the same Apple App Store, Apple Maps, and Apple Podcast apps I use? The ads are becoming a real problem.", "excerpt": "> Apple (mostly) isn\u2019t in the business of selling ads. I\u2019d certainly trust this over most other options. Do you not use the same Apple App Store, Apple Maps, and Apple Podcast apps I use? The ads are becoming a real problem.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "New Apple TV 4K"}, {"id": 779203056, "item_id": 48700191, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48700191", "by": "mcphage", "date": "2026-06-27", "stance": "warn", "quote": "they\u2019ve been a terrible steward of their App Store.", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t mind Apple\u2019s walled garden in the abstract, but the fact is they\u2019ve been a terrible steward of their App Store. If you search for an app to do something small but useful, instead you\u2019re presented with an ocean of identical apps that all have $10 a week subscription fees. The golden age of \u201chey I\u2019ll just go on the App Store and buy something handy for $3\u201d has long past, and a lot of those few-dollar apps have ", "context": "", "use_case": "app distribution", "switched_from": "", "story": "Like a Bouncer at a Bookstore: Texas' App Store Accountability Act"}, {"id": 741170576, "item_id": 46323161, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323161", "by": "teekert", "date": "2025-12-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "App Store search was so bad compared to the Play store", "excerpt": "When I switched to iOS from Android it took me a while to realize why App Store search was so bad compared to the Play store (and f-droid, at least back then). It was because the first option was never wat you wanted. The highlighted app at the top was always an ad, never relevant. I immediately lost some respect for Apple \u201cso this is the expensive luxury platform people talk about?\u201d I hate that \u201cwe\u201d focus on the sec", "context": "switched from Android to iOS", "use_case": "app search", "switched_from": "", "story": "2026 Apple introducing more ads to increase opportunity in search results"}]}], "who": [{"by": "ryanascend", "context": "solo dev who shipped first iPhone app", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995490", "date": "2026-10-07"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["distributing iphone app", "app distribution", "app search"], "compared": [{"slug": "f-droid", "name": "F-Droid", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "google-play-store", "name": "Google Play Store", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50071310", "title": "New Apple TV 4K", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49982498", "title": "Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698402", "title": "Like a Bouncer at a Bookstore: Texas' App Store Accountability Act", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322556", "title": "2026 Apple introducing more ads to increase opportunity in search results", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"warn": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"warn": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1, "warn": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 801309328, "item_id": 50081833, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081833", "by": "cebert", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Do you not use the same Apple App Store, Apple Maps, and Apple Podcast apps I use? The ads are becoming a real problem.", "excerpt": "> Apple (mostly) isn\u2019t in the business of selling ads. I\u2019d certainly trust this over most other options. Do you not use the same Apple App Store, Apple Maps, and Apple Podcast apps I use? The ads are becoming a real problem.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "New Apple TV 4K"}, {"id": 799927840, "item_id": 49995490, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995490", "by": "ryanascend", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "reading this is a good reminder of why I went the App Store route", "excerpt": "I'm a solo dev who just shipped my first iPhone app, and reading this is a good reminder of why I went the App Store route. My code ships as a compiled binary, so there's no source for anyone to copy and republish. I pay Apple's cut and complain about review delays like everyone else, but never having to file a DMCA takedown against someone reselling my own work is worth it.", "context": "solo dev who shipped first iPhone app", "use_case": "distributing iPhone app", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month"}, {"id": 779203056, "item_id": 48700191, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48700191", "by": "mcphage", "date": "2026-06-27", "stance": "warn", "quote": "they\u2019ve been a terrible steward of their App Store.", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t mind Apple\u2019s walled garden in the abstract, but the fact is they\u2019ve been a terrible steward of their App Store. If you search for an app to do something small but useful, instead you\u2019re presented with an ocean of identical apps that all have $10 a week subscription fees. The golden age of \u201chey I\u2019ll just go on the App Store and buy something handy for $3\u201d has long past, and a lot of those few-dollar apps have ", "context": "", "use_case": "app distribution", "switched_from": "", "story": "Like a Bouncer at a Bookstore: Texas' App Store Accountability Act"}, {"id": 741170576, "item_id": 46323161, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323161", "by": "teekert", "date": "2025-12-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "App Store search was so bad compared to the Play store", "excerpt": "When I switched to iOS from Android it took me a while to realize why App Store search was so bad compared to the Play store (and f-droid, at least back then). It was because the first option was never wat you wanted. The highlighted app at the top was always an ad, never relevant. I immediately lost some respect for Apple \u201cso this is the expensive luxury platform people talk about?\u201d I hate that \u201cwe\u201d focus on the sec", "context": "switched from Android to iOS", "use_case": "app search", "switched_from": "", "story": "2026 Apple introducing more ads to increase opportunity in search results"}]}