The question here is that we don‘t see who is actually not a paid actor by Apple, thus it‘s hard to take some „opinions“ for real.
It‘s pretty obvious that everyone here critizising Apple likes Apple products in general or else they wouldn‘t refer to their beloved Mac systems.
No one is saying you can't speak up for Apple. But it's rather strange to speak up for the one of the biggest corporations of the world. Do they really need defending?
I don't know? How many people here are from the Singapore? It's irrelevant to our discussion. I don't discuss US related laws if they don't affect me. DMA does not affect you so defending the corporation and speaking for EU customers really does not make sense. I would never speak in behalf of Singapore customers.
The iPhone was perceived as a superior product (phone) to existing smartphones back then.
Android and the Android SDK were released as betas in 2007:
developer.android.com
Others can probably do that cheaper - and sometimes better than Apple.
iOS isn’t Android.
So having the possibility to sideload apps without current 7 days expiration limitation* (YES, the sideloading has been already present in iOS for ages, I know, shocker!) is the only difference between iOS and Android? WOW.
…and it’s not even limited to 7 days or tied to a (developer) Mac, if you just get yourself an enterprise certificate.
That's really not true. And sorry to say it, but if you really thing so, it just confirms that you don't know what you're talking about and that you did not use nor developed for the Android recently.
Huh. No one is crying? All I see is loud non-EU crowd - unaffected by the DMA completely - whining about iOS becoming Android just because of the DMA, more customers rights, more freedom and alternate app stores.
Again, no one is crying. Stop saying that or you'll make me feel bad for thinking someone is literally crying next to you, because otherwise I don't understand why you would get that feeling.
That isn’t “the“ (only) difference.
I know the difference. Both companies have in common that they are freeloaders and do not add any value to my life.
The premise is simple. If I build a city that has the basic infrastructure to where people choose to live there and you want to open a store to sell to them; you owe rent and have to pay tax. That’s how it works.
I think it is more strange to think that big companies don’t need defending. and, by your logic, we should ‘t discuss human right violations in other countries because we don’t live there. the eu is pretty cunning by setting up laws around “digital markets” which don’t apply to older technologies where the eu dominates. the dma is literally a money grab for the eu to fund their government.
Uh, comparing human right violations to the DMA which actually gives more freedom to customers.
What? You're quite misinformed there. Money grab for the EU? What again?
Your city is still in a country and you have to oblige to said country‘s rules. Just because you „own“ the city doesn‘t mean you can skin animals in the city center.
You are mistaking freedom with anarchy. Freedom in our world does not mean that you can do everything without consideration of laws, without market regulation.
Or maybe it is taking longer to approve Apps based on needing to comply to different rules now for different parts of the world
They always needed to comply with different rules for each country's App Store.
Why would they do more than the absolute minimum to comply with rules. Do you pay more taxes than you owe or do you pay the minimum amount that you are legally required to do so?
