Do you have any proof of that? I find it somewhat doubtful that all 400 million users are criminals and extremists.
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Do you have any proof of that? I find it somewhat doubtful that all 400 million users are criminals and extremists.
They sign an agreement it is not like they do not know what they are getting into. And if you did not read it you should not be there. Companies wanting to make money without paying the company that created the devices and setup and maintains the store.
I'm dreaming a day of a Mac app store Only. One source for all the apps: no website, no torrents, no strange site with ads and stupid things. Only one place with huge wall of protections.
Customers are stupid so you need to protect them and the only way to do so it's to allow only certain type of app from a specific place.
I don’t want to side load apps either - but this isn’t about customers. This is about devs and dev companies that are struggling to survive in an already tough economy
Because a virus or malware on a data sensitive device like a phone is next level stuff with the potential to destroy a person’s life or endanger national/company security.
Some people. They forget that Jeff Bezos of all people got hacked by a dictatorship that tried to blackmail him.
Possibly not for long with the launch of the ARM Mac. Could be the elimination of third party apps.
That option would be permenantly turned off for me. I like my walled garden.
I'd be happy to keep the garden wall in tact if the fee structure changed, for example if they dropped to about 5-10% the sub / purchase charge perhaps topped up with a £10 fee per app submission for review. I'd also be happy for the fee structure to remain as-is and the door opened for competing stores rather like Amazon has got one for Android as long as they are forced to review apps. I am more concerned (although happy to be convinced) of just allowing us to do what we do on Macs and install from anywhere, on mine I hardly use the App store at all, but in the hands of normal users that is more dangerous.
Exactly... they just want to get a ‘kick’ in.
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I agree. I find this whole thing not much different from retail.
They don't want to use Apples ecosystem at all and if companies or people people don't want to they shouldn't be forced to. Apple could easily allow people to option to install apps outside the app store using a disclaimer, they choose not to because it will hurt their revenue.
I’m for it, it’s about time to force open that platform like macOS, Windows, Linux, Android & Co.
To allow software installation from different sources, and in return to allow Apple to charge the % they want for app store publishing. People would use what they prefer, and we‘ll have more competition.
Apple loves to play the saviors by jailing and patronizing people, $€£...
To allow software installation from different sources, and in return to allow Apple to charge the % they want for app store publishing. People would use what they prefer, and we‘ll have more competition.
Apple loves to play the saviors by jailing and patronizing people, $€£...
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This makes no sense. The complaint is that they want to use the platform (iOS) but bypass going through Apple.
Just like you don't have to pay to deliver software on a PC or Mac. I've already paid quite a bit for my iPhones and iPads, I don't see myself as property of Apple that they can gatekeep access to.
Nope, they want to use the platform but expand on their products as they want without Apple restricting them
Not going to happen (voluntarily). Apple‘s MacOS app store is living proof that devs won‘t use restrictive frameworks if they can work on their own terms elsewhere.
I’m not sure they have much of a case to dictate how Apple should operate an Apple product.
Stop calling it an „encrypted messaging app”. Telegram’s encryption is bad, because it’s only enabled for private chats which most people don‘t know. Also they built their own encryption implementation which is always a bad idea.
There are a lot of apps with true universal encryption (iMessage, Signal, even Whatsapp) and yet you never call them „encrypted messaging app” in your titles.
There are a lot of apps with true universal encryption (iMessage, Signal, even Whatsapp) and yet you never call them „encrypted messaging app” in your titles.
They have a very small market share. Clearly they are not a monopoly. If you don't like Apple's policies, take your product somewhere else.
Well, we can also take the other route and request Apple to open the hardware, to allow us to install whatever OS we want. Because you’re saying the platform is iOS, but currently we can’t use anything else on an Apple Device. If Apple suddenly disappear, their activation servers goes down, all your beloved hardware just become useless bricks. You probably would be the first one to scream for help in here.
Apple only have 25% of the Global Mobile Market, and only 18% of the Global Desktop Market, how is that monopoly abuse?
