Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) will do for Cardano (ADA) what Apple did for iPhone apps:
Couldn't Hive be able to host an app/dApp store? One for Android, one for iOS, one for any other operating system which has a store.
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RE: Daily Crypto Markets Live Blog: Let's Talk About Technology (09/28/21)
Well it could...but I don't really think it is needed. Most of the things work directly on a website.
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Sometimes the web site goes down-- hacking, natural disasters, critters chewing through cable. It's good to have a mirror or at least an alternate place one can visit to download mobile apps.
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True but I think if the website goes down, I think the app would also have issues.
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Also, it's not about using the app on the web site. It's about using Hive or some other blockchain to serve as a repository for the APK files used by Android and whatever app files are used by iOS devices. IPFS can be used with Hive to store the files anyone can download from the app store alternative.
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Ah that would work I guess. I am not so sure if we need to go that route since anything can be downloaded online pretty much. Then we would also have to worry about people uploading malware and viruses.
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I guess it could but do you think there would be any benefits in that?
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If you're an independent developer of mobile apps, you want them available at app stores for Android and iOS. However, you would be at the mercy of those app stores due to their policies (the Apple App Store is notorious for this). If those app stores decide to take down your app or ban it, where do people find your app?
One place would your own web site. However, your hosting provider may be as much of a ninny as the app store which booted you. Parler is the textbook example of this.
So where else would you go? Make your app available via blockchain. Many developers can do that. Going one step further, someone could set up a blockchain-powered app store for mobile phone apps (or any other kind of apps, for that matter). I picked up this idea from @demotruk, and the idea makes sense.
Blockchain is immutable and censorship-resistant. If it can work for social media and multimedia content, why not mobile app or entire app stores?
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Oh ok, that makes sense. Cut the middle-man and the watchdog at the same time
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