Does this example really hold when in the case of Heinz Ketchup, there is:
Imagine not being able to go to Walmart because Target stores are the only ones allowed to exist in the world. Then imagine, after 16 years, Walmart stores being finally allowed to exist, but Heinz having to pay Target a commission if you buy their product at Walmart.
With all due respect, I think this is a terrible argument, as you’re essentially saying that the open web & website based e-commerce is all unsafe and apple are the only safe people to use.
They are basically the same but more convoluted
Imagine there’s a mall across the street with many different stores, including a Walmart you could have been shopping at all along but you don’t take advantage of it because “I don’t want to shop there” and then claim there’s only one store to shop at.
Thanks. So non-compliance through obscurity then? That would be a new approach 🙃.
Lol imagine you sold the goods on the first store, then The moment the consumer goes to the store across the street with the extra filters you must pay the first store a commission for a year because you told them where to buy filters.
If we didn't have the advantages of an open system to compare it to, taken in isolation there would be nothing wrong with it. But there are plenty of people who put up with the limitations of iOS because they love the Mac so much.
iOS devices were never MacOS devices.
And there are so many more people who love iOS just the way it is. You’re projecting your desires and feelings onto a user base that has a billion more users than the Mac does.
Seriously?!? Dude, just by an Android and be happy.
Apple isn’t a government and you have choice. And yet, you’re supporting an actual government telling consumer like me “you can’t have a closed ecosystem like you prefer because we say so”. Talk about nanny state! Less choice is more choice! Big Brother would be proud of the EU.
The protections on the Mac are not sufficient with iOS’ user base. iOS has over 10x the user base of the Mac, with exponentially more unsophisticated users. And have you looked at a “normal user’s” Mac? They’re a mess. Random processes running in the background draining battery, applications running from .dmg files, etc. Viruses still exist. They’re not as common because Apple has such a small user base (~100m people, compared to over a billion on iOS) but they still exist. And they’ll be more prevalent on iOS if the EU gets its way.
1: objectionable content as defined in the store rules
Yes just about every game available on the epic store is cheaper than the AppStore equivalent. I have it and can literally just crosscheck them and see the price is less
Almost all of these would open up iOS in such a way that the security model would be destroyed. This would absolutely be a net negative for iOS’ user base at large.
This is the strongest point in favor of sideloading and one I admittedly don’t have an answer to.
No, they don't need to. The government needs to just stay out of everything. Better yet, just not exist.
The difference is you can use ketchup anywhere. iOS apps only work on an entire platform invented by, and owned by one single company. That company should have 100% control over everything about it.
Well how do you download apps that is used to combat an authoritarian government without sideloading? You can’t use VPNs etc
Perhaps an even better example is Bloons TD6Same.
Any app that decides to use the AppStore to only steer you to their purchase option deserves contempt.
There won't be cheaper apps. That's nonsense. The devs want more of the payment.
The little app devs have been happily making money that would have been impossible in the old physical store only days. All the tools, the marketing, the buyer safety, the regular updates, the seamless payment and refunds, the reviews... the whole ecosystem worked for them.
Anyone who think Spotify is going to charge less for a sub through the app is kidding themselves.
Apple currently host the Spotify app and get nothing.
If you cant work out how to subscribe outside the app store perhaps technology is too complex for you.
This isnt going to result in a huge increase in Spotify subscribers.
Most people have woken up to the fact they havent kept up with other streaming services on quality of audio, Airplay and keep raising prices (while paying music rights holders the smallest amount).
Spotify will now start complaining about the new fees to run the app...
Wait until it costs them more to have Apple host an app that costs them for each download... that they currently get for free
EU: "You can't force all developers to give you money"
: "It's for the safety of users": "Ok, we'll get rid of safety requirements but we still want a lot of money": "Ok, a little less money"
Extorted? From who? Do you believe people who use apples platform think apple extorts them? If so this is not being thought all the way through.EU: "You can't force all developers to give you money"
EU: "It has nothing to do with safety"
EU: "You think this is a joke?"
EU: "Dude..."
By the time Apple actually complies and gives iPhone users who paid hundreds of dollars for their phones the ability to install what they want and pay how they want, they'll have squeezed so much money out of the market that no fine could possibly take back a relevant percentage of what has been extorted through the years.
Just to go down your list: