What if it's just not the kind of thing normal people actually care about? I know that's a taboo thought here on HN, but a well-maintained walled garden is often just a lot nicer for users than too much freedom.<p>Steam, for example, still dominates PC gaming despite the Epic Game Store, the Microsoft Store, GOG, etc. Conversely, I still don't trust most of the apps on the Google Play Store. And the macOS desktop app marketplace is such a mess, and I wish were more apps were just available on the official Apple app store instead of requiring some third-party purchase pathway (and usually delivered with a DMG image or some Homebrew cask, with no verification or developer signing at all).<p>Even if Apple allowed third-party app stores, I wouldn't want to install them (nor handle billing through Epic instead of Apple, especially now that Epic is half owned by Tencent).<p>The peace of mind of having to trust just one marketplace, and also the convenience of being able to easily sync my purchases, save files, etc. across multiple devices using a single login is way more important.<p>It's not just the technical limitations, but also that some people just don't actually want the wild west when it comes to their computing devices...