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By not allowing alternate app stores, yes.
Nobody forces anybody to buy an Apple product... In fact, Apple charges more, so it makes it even more difficult to buy them than an Android phone -- which also has multiple app install options. Why not use that?
So I am forced to use an iPhone. Regulation is necessary in Oligopolys.
Apple had the opportunity to lean on the web and elected not to. With appropriate APIs, web apps can reach into devices and leverage GPU and CPU compute, multiple threads, microphone, camera, on-device storage, and more. HTML and canvas don't have to be the only UI primitives available. Both Google and Apple should be forced to fund the W3C and/or Mozilla in leading development of a cross-platform native experience.…
> Both Google and Apple should be forced to fund the W3C and/or Mozilla in leading development of a cross-platform native experience Private entities shouldn't be forced into doing anything on a whim. You can arguably stop them from doing some things, but there is no reasonable basis for compelling companies to do things as you are saying. > Downvotes already? What's wrong with wanting an open platform? The downvotes…
It's not a whim. They're being investigated by the EU and US Congress for being monopolies and suffocating smaller players. They're sucking all of the air out of the environment, making it incredibly difficult to gain traction on your own.
Don't trust me? Ask DHH.
> You can arguably stop them from doing some things, but there is no reasonable basis for compelling companies to do things as you are saying.
The government can absolutely tell them what to do. Apple wouldn't be where they are today if the US Government hadn't intervened against Microsoft and forced them to pay Apple.
Apple exists because of antitrust and the DOJ.
> You don't get to tell people what to do simply because you want it to be that way. That's tyranny.
I'm glad the tyrannical government put the FDA in place. And the FAA. Can you imagine if those industries could act however they wanted?
> People have rights.
Companies aren't people. Despite Citizen's United.
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By not allowing alternate app stores, yes.
Nobody forces anybody to buy an Apple product... In fact, Apple charges more, so it makes it even more difficult to buy them than an Android phone -- which also has multiple app install options. Why not use that?
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You can still have what you want and give people other options. It's called choice. We deserve to be able to choose
Let’s be precise here. You want to be able to choose. If you can force thru a change to allow other app stores on an IDevice, and Apple still refuses to follow thru, then you can say you deserve it. Wanting a thing is not the same as deserving it. Choice does not exist until you have options. That said, I’m in favor of opening up other App Stores, so Apple can boot the all crapware and focus on a small number of high…
As a consumer, I am 100% in favor of the way run the app store. I don't want to give random apps my credit card. I don't want to have 18 accounts to keep track of. I don't want to have to call telephone support to cancel my account. I don't want malware in my apps. I don't want apps to have my email if they don't need it. I don't need another middleman for content companies license and distribute. Everything Apple is…
If they were so pro-consumer, why do they allow spyware such as Tiktok to exist on their platform at all?
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For many of us that is a feature, not a problem.
You're no entitled to a "feature" of my phone blocking functionality that doesn't affect you.
I respect that you would prefer other stores, but I would prefer a single store, that's all. I don't think I'm entitled to anything. I bought an iPhone with the expectation of a walled garden, but if that changes then I can re-evaluate my phone choice. BigCorp doesn't own me anything.
Also, a second store would affect me. I will have to make a decision on whether to trust a separate store or not use those apps. I'd prefer not to have to make that choice.
As a consumer, I am 100% in favor of the way run the app store. I don't want to give random apps my credit card. I don't want to have 18 accounts to keep track of. I don't want to have to call telephone support to cancel my account. I don't want malware in my apps. I don't want apps to have my email if they don't need it. I don't need another middleman for content companies license and distribute. Everything Apple is…
The problem isn't how they run their store -- the problem is that they are the only store.
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For many of us that is a feature, not a problem.
You're no entitled to a "feature" of my phone blocking functionality that doesn't affect you.
As a consumer, I am 100% in favor of the way run the app store. I don't want to give random apps my credit card. I don't want to have 18 accounts to keep track of. I don't want to have to call telephone support to cancel my account. I don't want malware in my apps. I don't want apps to have my email if they don't need it. I don't need another middleman for content companies license and distribute. Everything Apple is…
Most markets offer a variety of tradeoffs in price vs. quality. Consumers rarely pick the cheapest product. If Apple's app store is superior, they will have no problem in justifying their 30%.
The only monopoly here is Apple’s monopoly on designing its own products. The iPhone, iOS, it’s development tools and the App Store are all Apple products, so Apple gets to decide what features they have. It’s also not unusual for companies to make deals with third parties to include their technology and software in their products, often as optional chargeable extras. That’s all the App Store is, it’s a way to add op…
> Are you going to mandate what features Apple, or any manufacturer of devices with embedded software, can or cannot implement? In fact, yes. Just like we mandate cars have seat belts and third brake lights, airliners have emergency exits, automobile fuel contains no lead or added ethanol, houses use electrical wires per code, and so forth. Government can simply mandate a maximum fee (like credit card interchange fee…