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True that, but in that spirit - iPhone/iOS didn't initially had app-store and Jobs suggested developers to build web-apps ;-) As you see, pressure can cause significant change in OS philosophy ;-)
re-read my original statement "macOS/Linux/Windows didn't start off with store only.". contextually we're discussing installing third party native apps.

unless of course you think web-apps are just the same in which case, app developers should have clearly built web apps as the alternative instead of whining about it. or do you not think web-apps are the same? ;-)
 
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Nice deflection there. This had nothing to do with “dominance”, “market share”, “anti trust”. :rolleyes:
No deflection whatsoever. I was replying to claims that the DMA was designed to target U.S. companies.
It wasn't - it was designed to target gatekeepers in digital software/services - which just happen to be mainly from the U.S. (due to various factors).

The EU hates successful companies
Nice deflection there (as you would say), after I countered "your" 23% market share figure with "my" more than 50% of revenue ;)

But nonsense, governments don't "hate" successful companies. Successful companies employ people and provide tax revenue. I'm not seeing how they would have any issue with Epic, Spotify and others becoming successful.

that do well through perseverance and hard work.
Restricting others from communicating to consumers or to access their products conveniently isn't "hard work" - it's denying others enjoying the fruits of their hard work to the fullest.

PS: I mean, in Apple's case, it they actually seem hard (at) work in throwing wrenches into third-party developers' businesses.
 
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if side loading was so important, you buy an android
if everything else about the phone is more important, you buy an iPhone.

see how that works?

Laws are rarely going to be able to satisfy everyone but that doesn’t mean they shouldn't exist or be enforced when a country/region feels it's necessary. For example, I'm sure many consumers would be happy to get a product for free or very low cost but that doesn't mean the company offering that free/low cost item should be able to do so by engaging in antocompetitive behavior (predatory pricing) to try to run their competition out of business.

There are people who may like Apple's iOS "walled garden" but that doesn't mean Apple should be able to stifle app access competition on a major mobile OS platform by restricting sideloading and alternative app stores. Even with the law enforced, users will still be able to get apps from the App Store and choose not to sideload. This would hopefully also push Apple to make the App Store even more appealing to customers and make iOS even stronger/better for things like sideloading and thereby make it a better experience for a wider range of people, as well as a more competitive one when it comes to app access.

See how that works?
 
Because choosing a phone is a matter of many more variables than "sideloading" or "no sideloading".
Not sure about that when I read all the comments over here.

Since 2008 we have the app store and what we call today the Google Play Store ... 16 years later, people are discussing this issue as if tomorrow may never come.
 
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Not sure about that when I read all the comments over here.

Since 2008 we have the app store and what we call today the Google Play Store ... 16 years later, people are discussing this issue as if tomorrow may never come.
Sounds like projection to me. There are countless posts about the doom and carnage that is to come if *GASP* people are allowed to install software from outside of the App Store on their iPhones. Oh the absolute horror!!! And the children!!

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No deflection whatsoever. I was replying to claims that the DMA was designed to target U.S. companies.
It wasn't - it was designed to target gatekeepers in digital software/services - which just happen to be mainly from the U.S. (due to various factors).


Nice deflection there (as you would say), after I countered "your" 23% market share figure with "my" more than 50% of revenue ;)

But nonsense, governments don't "hate" successful companies. Successful companies employ people and provide tax revenue. I'm not seeing how they would have any issue with Epic, Spotify and others becoming successful.


Restricting others from communicating to consumers or to access their products conveniently isn't "hard work" - it's denying others enjoying the fruits of their hard work to the fullest.

PS: I mean, in Apple's case, it they actually seem hard (at) work in throwing wrenches into third-party developers' businesses.
It just happen to be that the EU threaded the needle and define the terminology and laws such that apple is considered a public utility. The case for ticktoc is not relevant to this discussion as the underpinnings are different.
 
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Not sure about that when I read all the comments over here.
You're mistaking caring about something vs buying a device for something.

I buy iPhone because I like it better than Android. But that doesn't mean I don't want Apple to make iOS better by allowing sideloading.
 
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There are people who may like Apple's iOS "walled garden" but that doesn't mean Apple should be able to stifle app access competition on a major mobile OS platform by restricting sideloading and alternative app stores
Wrong. They literally should do what they think is best for the customers that enjoy the walled garden. Sideloading/alt app stores is breaking down the walled garden. See how that works?
 
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Thanks for pointing out what I'm literally doing on these forums? Giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing, explaining my reasoning, etc...

Anyways, I'm moving on.

Weird that you get indignant because I tell you that you're free to disagree even though you're the one that first responded to me telling me I should buy an Android if side-loading is important to me. 🤦‍♂

Moving on indeed.
 
re-read my original statement "macOS/Linux/Windows didn't start off with store only.". contextually we're discussing installing third party native apps.

unless of course you think web-apps are just the same in which case, app developers should have clearly built web apps as the alternative instead of whining about it. or do you not think web-apps are the same? ;-)
how do you clasiffy, let's say, VSCode? ;-)
 
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Keyword is force. That never works.

NEVER works? That's kind of how laws do work, as long as they are being enforced. "Force" is even part of the word enforced.

Since you think "force" never works, does that mean you think we should live in a lawless society where people and companies should be able to do whatever they want and not be "forced" to behave certain ways?

People should be allowed to drive 150 mph on a highway instead of being "forced" to follow the speed limit? People should be allowed to steal/shoplift instead of being "forced" to follow theft laws?

Companies should be allowed to pay workers $5/hour instead of being "forced" to pay the minimum wage? Companies should be able to engage in anticompetitive behavior instead of being "forced" to follow antitrust laws?
 
Wrong. They literally should do what they think is best for the customers that enjoy the walled garden. Sideloading/alt app stores is breaking down the walled garden. See how that works?

Wrong. A company doing what they may think (or claim) is best for their customers does NOT give them the right to violate laws.

If a company thinks paying its employees only $5/hour is best for their customers because it would allow the company to charge a lower price, it doesn't mean they should be able to ignore minimum wage laws. If a company thinks being open on Sundays is best for their customers because it gives them greater shopping convenience (another day to shop), it doesn't mean they should be able to ignore relevant blue laws that may exist in their state.
 
They are not a developer and you can tell.

Because developers like me understand the huge benefits that the iOS brings compared to something like Steam or the Mac. App Store as a channel to market is far easier, cheaper and more effective than running Google or Meta Ads.

It's why there isn't some huge parade of developers aren't asking for the whole system to be scrapped.
You aren’t a developer, if you were you would be aware of the concept of multi homing.
You can have you app in the iOS store AND any other store as well. Just how a game on Steam can also exist on the GoG store.

Why do you think just about nobody care for the Macappstore and abandon it for the steam store or any other Mac specific game stores?

If I want to find a game with the characteristics of x,y and z. On what platform do you think a user will have an easier time finding what they are interested in without leaving the store?

iOS AppStore, Mac AppStore or the steam store?
January 16, 2024, the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals from Apple and Epic in the caseIt’s just extremely cumbersome and inconvenient." then buy Android for something that isn't cumbersome to side load.
Well side loading is extremely dumb on android as well and have been for years now. You need to jailbreak them as well.
"Public pressure" via boycott or via attacking the brand/public image is fine IMO. That's the rules of the game. Changing the rules of the game however is not.
Who changed the rules of the game? Didn’t Apple read the contract saying the ToS can be changed at anytime and they agree to the new terms by accessing EU customers?

Or can’t new laws be changed for older companies 😳
It just happen to be that the EU threaded the needle and define the terminology and laws such that apple is considered a public utility. The case for ticktoc is not relevant to this discussion as the underpinnings are different.
So why does it seem that a vast majority of American companies will benefit massively from the DMA and the access they get to apples AppStore?

Seems very slanted against EU companies if they are the ones you think the legislation is written for.
 
Thank you immensely for the fitting example of the hyperbolic rhetoric I had just mentioned that was being projected. "If folks are allowed to side-load there will be no children and no future!!" 😂
It was obviously a very bad idea to bring up such an important issue in a side-loading discussion.

The Trotsky's idea to destroy all nation states to the benefit of the transnational capital is very much alive and well even today. Attacking the children is definitely sets you on a path to get there.
 
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It was obviously a very bad idea to bring up such an important issue in a side-loading discussion.

The Trotsky's idea to destroy all nation states to the benefit of the transnational capital is very much alive and well even today. Attacking the children is definitely sets you on a path to get there.

Nobody is attacking children, bud. Thank you though for yet another example of hyperbolic rhetoric from the anti-consumer, pro-trillion-dollar-corporation side of things.
 
Nobody is attacking children, bud. Thank you though for yet another example of hyperbolic rhetoric from the anti-consumer, pro-trillion-dollar-corporation side of things.
We do live pretty much in a zero trust environment. Considering that Apple is also at odds with the US government it is not very clear to me that Apple is actually chasing Trotsky's ideas in fact Apple might be trying to resist it(for whatever reason) and is being punished.
 
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They literally should do what they think is best for the customers that enjoy the walled garden. Sideloading/alt app stores is breaking down the walled garden.
No. They should do what they are allowed to do by the laws in the countries they operate in. Only then, they can do what they think is best for whomever they choose.
 
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