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Apple's Phil Schiller Steps Down from Running App Store, Product Events(bloomberg.com)
5 points by brandonb 11 hours ago | 1 comments
Andaith 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, hopefully something changes in the App Store space. It's quite unusable for discovery, there's no ability to filter apps for free/pay once/no iAP/no recurring subscriptions/no adverts.

The lack of filters combined with allowing slop means for example, it's impossible to find a paint by numbers app because when you search in the app store, it's 100+ clones that all charge $5 weekly OR have the most obnoxious adverts imaginable making it unplayable for people who aren't very technical. I'd have paid a straight $10 or $15 depending on the app, but if there is one with a single payment it's impossible to find.

Combined, the app store is unusable unless you already know exactly what app you want to install.