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Would a non-zero number of people use the store? Of course. But voluntarily, and with the realistic option not to, which isn't tied to their choice of hardware or operating system.

And enough people wouldn't that Facebook would still feel a lot of pressure to have their app in Apple's store under Apple's rules, or at least some store and some set of rules that the users actually trust.




Right, so under these conditions developers would be forced to have their app in both stores.

And if Facebook bought some exclusive content, Users would be forced to use both stores if they wanted access to the full catalog.




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