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> Does the average iPhone user actually factor the app store tax into their decision to purchase the device?

As I'm the IT tech support for some family members, I certainly do. A lot less drama and garbage when using Apple products (generally speaking).

I've sysadmined Linux for a living for many moons now, and used to run Linux and then FreeBSD at home, and I switched to Apple for personal stuff during the PowerPC and early Mac OS 10.x timeframe because I did enough fiddling with tech at work and minimized it at home.

I used Linux desktops at work in the pre-COVID era when we still had offices and such. I now use a Apple laptop as I can get Unix-y tools to admin: I spend >80% of my time in Terminal (the rest in Safari and Mail).

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They factor in a more "clean" appstore yes. Not the tax itself but they usually appreciate apple having more polished apps in general (given that the Google Playstore is full of trash).

by Intermernet1 hours ago|

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Google play store is only full of trash if you go hunting for trash. I'd like to see the actual stats of people affected by play store malware vs malware available on the play store.

I'm not saying it's not a problem, but I am saying it's not a problem that has caused any problems with any Android user I've ever met.

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I am not talking about the malware, I am talking about the apps that are bloated with advertisements or try really hard to push a subscription upon you. Lots of "free" apps try to push you into a subscription once installed.

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> but I am saying it's not a problem that has caused any problems with any Android user I've ever met.

You are an HN user of some age. You might even be the family IT person. You may well be changing the experience of people in your orbit.

In contrast, my grandfather’s android phone had somehow 3 different SMS apps, all of which must have tried to remove the default app.

I doubt you think some chap living in rural India, has good data hygiene and habits.