> The whole app ecosystem(android and apple) is carefully constructed for maximum market owner value extraction, user value is a secondary consideration.
And it has become the norm because both developers and consumers have readily and happily accepted that deal.
Did developers and consumers have a choice? Maybe at some micro niche level, but the capitalistic status quo is driven by mass production and monopolistic forces, by design.
And it has become the norm because both developers and consumers have readily and happily accepted that deal.