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Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

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pmarreck ◴[12 Dec 25 17:36 UTC] No.46246439[source]▶
Peripheral question: Is there any "real" App Store on Linux except for Steam?
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dibujaron ◴[12 Dec 25 17:46 UTC] No.46246546[source]▶
Not sure what you mean. apt-get, yum, and even things like snap act like app stores for free apps, no?
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fwip ◴[12 Dec 25 20:01 UTC] No.46248161[source]▶
I think a 'real store' generally allows you to exchange money for something. If I wanted to sell software to Linux users, Steam is probably the closest thing to an 'app store' you could expect to find. Windows has the Microsoft Store, and Macs have the Apple Store.
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1. johnnyanmac ◴[12 Dec 25 21:46 UTC] No.46249394[source]▶
Some distros have literal stores. But "Linux" isn't a centralized platform the same way Windows and Mac is. Also, the stores for desktop apps just don't really seem to be as effective. Companies are used to hosting their desktop apps on web.

Games seems to be more of an exception to the rule, for historical reasons.