On: iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores...

[realusername]

Do we? Which common app is exclusively distributed though a standalone install and used by millions? I can't think of a single example which would validate that.

[shortsunblack → realusername]

Porn apps, gambling apps.

[realusername → shortsunblack]

Isn't that part of the "stuff banned from the store or developer tools" which I said before though? Specifically the banned stuff.

Nobody which has a real choice seems to distribute this way despite lots of potential gains avoiding the Google tax.