Have to wonder how Sweeney would feel about this if he owned Apple and the App Store.
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So, by that reasoning, should Microsoft get a cut from everything that is installable on Windows?
I wonder how many people (not saying you specifically) hold this opinion but were fine when social media networks silenced certain voices/opinions/thoughts/facts etc. and claimed "they are private businesses, they can allow/disallow what ever they want on their platform(s).
For the record, I am not happy that Apple doesn't allow certain content on apps in the store, Pax I support you, but the fact is I just don't care enough to switch. Apple does far more right than they do wrong IMHO. If I cared that much I would switch to Android.
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Naah don't agree with your view. But hey good that you stand by your principles....let a corporation decide what you can or cannot do.
I for one I am knowledgeable enough to decide what I want to install on any of my computing devices, not need Apple or any other company decide what can I install on devices I fully paid for. This is a step in the right direction, and hopefully in a few years this becomes the norm in every country.
I honest to god want the choice of getting my parents a phone that only has one App Store that’s curated and no way of sideloading whatever some popup on a website claims to be. Guess that choice is now taken from us.
I don't want corporations to decide what I can do. Apple or Microsoft can't stop me from using a Linux PC or getting a Fairphone. I just don't want the government to decide what kind of tech product I get to purchase for myself.
So the original commenter wants Apple to give their devices at cost, no margin… sure, whatever
It has not been taken away from you - since the choice hasn't existed for years (since enterprise developer certificates exist). You can - viewed technically - sideload today. Whether you're intending to use one of the shady alternative stores today - or you're tricked into installing an app from a web site.
You already could using the webapps. (Xbox Cloud Gaming works the best for me)
If grandma has the tech skills to manage to figure that out, I think she's fine.
You'd rather prefer the big tech companies to decide it for you?
I can still choose what I want to buy... Apple isn't forcing me at gun point to buy an iPhone.
Neither is the government forcing you to sideload.
You can still choose where you want to buy your apps.
Well, you can't buy Fortnite (for iOS), given that you seem to be located in the U.S., can you?
E.U. government intervention will make it possible to buy at least for E.U. consumers (see original post). That's choice being brought forward by E.U. regulation.
I can get an Android phone and get Fortnite mobile that way still. I could also use Xbox Cloud Gaming to play Fortnite. (which I have done)
Yes, but a hole has been poked in the secure "walled garden" that I chose to use and have chosen to pay into.
Not really.
Sideloading is possible today. Apple just doesn't allow it for trustworthy developers (to protect their bottom line). Though they are quite happy to rake in those enterprise device sales for having "poked a hole" in the walled garden and allowing installation of unreviewed apps years ago.
Also, even apps purchased through other marketplace still need to be reviewed and notarised by Apple.
So what new hole has been poked, really?
Insecure payment systems
Nearly 35,000 PayPal users had SSNs, tax info leaked during December cyberattack
PayPal is sending out breach notification letters to 34,942 customers after a December 6 credential stuffing attack exposed SSNs and more.
Apple copying the telecom playbook of charging junk fees, insane....
I wouldn’t touch an Epic app store with a bargepole.
Am shocked investors have kept this vexatious bloke in power.
Am shocked investors have kept this vexatious bloke in power.
„PayPal said their platform was not breached“
„A credential stuffing attack is when hackers take username and password combinations leaked through data breaches and attempt to use them at other online services“
Anyhow, that doesn’t really affect you with regards to your iOS purchases - because Apple has introduced „reduced“ commission on outside purchases that are (purposely) economically unviable for developers - so every transaction will go through their first-party App Store?
You wouldn’t use their apps if you didn’t trust them and their choice of service providers and suppliers, would you?