Oddbean

nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsftatcy Hello again. I don't get how zap.store works or to put it in another way, what makes it different and special compared to other appstores? Sure there are cool apps in there, no question but you have no detailed explanation on your website. Looks just like another appstore to me? Whom I have to trust that the apps in there haven't been altered and are verified? Currently I download apks to my computer, verify, then sideload them onto my Android and instal theml. After I've done that I add them to Obtanium for future updates. I don't mean to offend. Just want to learn. Maybe I'm just too dumb to understand the few sentences on your website about the web of trust thing. Thanks in advance for your response.

Good question. I recently answered this: nostr:nevent1qqst8tm7fj4fd4zu7d938ltcqqu7e0h2z0kpsxggfgzjapph5tmhjkcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygrceeh65u3xgwrjsnny0wnf8zv4wd0v3374ckn9wdl92yc0qf3s05psgqqqqqqsch357h The big difference is that once developers start signing their own apps, and using different relays (we're a few months away from that), there effectively is no centralized walled garden. No other app store doing that. Does that help?

If I understand you correctly none of what you mentioned has been implemented yet but is planned for the future. If yes, then this clarifies a lot and explains why zap.store looks like an ordinary appstore to me at the moment.