Comment Forced switch from single store to mall owner (Score 1, Informative) 211
All the digital platforms, be it Google's Android play store, Apple's mac/ios app store, Microsoft's Windows and Xbox store, Sony's Playstation store, etc, should be forced to switch from a store to an open mall model, with the platform provider hosting it own stores upon the mall in competition with anyone else being able to set up a store on the same platform.
With the exception of the platform providers own store and own apps, platform providers do do not get revenue direct from app creators/software vendors, but from rent from stores in the mall.
As mall owner the platform provider can set requirements for app behaviour, but it must be the same for all stores even the platform provider's own store. Platform providers and stores must not do exclusive deals that restrict stores from selling any particulate vendor's software, or setting prices.
Platform providers get rent from store owners. Stores in the mall, including the platform provider's store, enter a dutch auction every quarter to decide their rank and position in the platform mall list of store. Top stores get bigger banners etc.
Yes it means that the Platform provider's store is probably always going to be top and most prominent of the Mall list & metaverse.