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App Store
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n. An App Store, sometimes also known as a Software Center or Software
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Manager, is a graphical user interface which allows the user to
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conveniently download and install new applications onto their computer
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or mobile device. App Stores can be very convenient but are often
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proprietary and may enable a particular company to control and censor
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what types of application non-technical users may run on their systems
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- typically in accordance with an American west coast morality. App
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stores have sometimes been described as a type of MITM attack on
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software distribution, allowing companies to insert themselves as
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rent-seeking trolls on a virtual toll bridge between the users and
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producers of software.
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