i'd respectfully disagree. if you think about how long the itunes store has been selling apps v the android store, and then you think about the fact that the android apps had NO beta phase testing and in some cases no alpha phase testing, i think the android store is growing in leaps in bounds. the problem that arises is when people leave useless comments; ie "app sux" or worst app ever, uninstall". its the same as no comment at all. you need to know what the problem is with the product to fix it in an update, and thats what the comments are for, we are basically beta testers, and the comments are the android stores QC.
so yes, on the surface, you have the itunes store which is moderated beating out the android store almost 6 to 1, but the idea is that the android store doesnt block ANYTHING out, there is no censorship whatsoever(or at least very little, i think you can report things as "offensive"), and more importantly if something comes along that muscles in on googles own software, google doesn't block it out the way that itunes does. for instance if you wanted to port over a version of safari for android and throw that in the app store, the only issue youd have would be with apple, since they would undoubtedly be sueing you for lots and lots of money. however, as i've mentioned before, apple blocks out apps that will compete with their stock software, imho because they dont welcome the competition
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