What if the Malaysian government were to run its own Apple appstore?
Why? Well what if gov.my were to run the country on iOS? Standardise everything. Centralise app development. Consolidate all data to PADU. Electronic government here has been a mess, all my life, despite the brouhaha of Vision 2020. Outsource infosec concerns to a US company ... loss of sovereignty? Maybe, not necessarily.
The cheapest new iPhone is MYR 2500. The country's population is estimated at 34 million people, soon. It would cost 20+% of the national budget to buy everyone an iPhone, before program discounts, buy-backs, substitutions with already-owned devices, and a total asset tracking registrar for all devices.
I don't own any Apple goods, and I don't have a need to in the foreseeable future. But it was a good opportunity to riff on their appstore sideloading developments.
No comments :
Post a Comment