Packages have the advantage of being portable, referenceable and verifiable. App stores manage catalogs of such artifacts to enable discovery, interaction and monetization. If a packaged PWA standard does not exist we should create it, and make Zapstore a runtime platform for it. View quoted note →

Thoughts on this copy? More clear?

Shout out to @primal who are Nostr signing their releases! Signer is @Primal Developers Available on Zapstore:

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Good to hear that alternative app stores are getting funded. Zapstore should also grow to have a much larger impact, whatever it takes. We need more of this in the world. View quoted note →

I discussed this on the latest @Plebchain Radio episode. These new requirements, and more generally Google's clamping down trend, could indeed destroy independent app stores. View quoted note →

More than 4.5 billion devices around the world are dependent on two U.S. corporations: Apple and Google. Apple has a monopoly on the operating system and app distribution. Google has outsized power over the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and soon full control over app distribution. Apple has the power to rug users and developers at any given time. The same goes for Android, with the upcoming mandatory developer registration and the progressive closing down of AOSP. Forks like GrapheneOS rely on Android remaining open source. (The situation is different in China, but control is basically exerted by the CCP.) What is the way forward?

You can just publish apps https://publisher.zapstore.dev/ GM

Wrapping up devops work, should now have a solid backup mechanism for databases and Blossom blobs! Next: Android app bug fixes, writeup on product development, unclog the toilet