> which will give it a bad reputation as a store and that will drive people away.
Which will give it a bad reputation among the HN crowd and drive a tiny fraction of global user population away. The rest will happily grant the permissions requested if it gives them access to the latest Angry Birds game, or to Facebook app itself for example...
I mean, how many millions of users does Facebook still have that either have no idea about the impact of sharing their life with it, or don't care, because their social network interaction is essentially locked into the platform?
How many people have been successful at getting their friends & family to switch from FB Messenger or WhatsApp to something like Signal? Some, sure...
Many people have a bad image of Android and only use iOS because "walled garden = safe family". Those people are not going to suddenly be happy using the FB Store.
> How many people have been successful at getting their friends & family to switch from FB Messenger or WhatsApp to something like Signal? Some, sure.
Maybe it's an americanism, but i know almost no one that doesnt use SMS exclusively on android and SMS + iMessage on iphone. a few techies use signal, but i've never met anyone ask to use any other chat platform.
As long as the Facebook store also maintains a reputation for not having malware, Facebook parents will happing download "Facebook App Store" to download "Facebook".
Which will give it a bad reputation among the HN crowd and drive a tiny fraction of global user population away. The rest will happily grant the permissions requested if it gives them access to the latest Angry Birds game, or to Facebook app itself for example...
I mean, how many millions of users does Facebook still have that either have no idea about the impact of sharing their life with it, or don't care, because their social network interaction is essentially locked into the platform?
How many people have been successful at getting their friends & family to switch from FB Messenger or WhatsApp to something like Signal? Some, sure...