Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS

Post by epolanski » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 9:37 PM UTC

wkat4242 wrote: post #609

Ummm lol. So now sideloading is allowed (with lots of costs associated mind you) and if someone wants to use it Apple will just kick them off the platform? :') So first malicious compliance with all the inflated costs and then they don't even allow people to use it. I really hope the EU will crack down on this BS and force Apple to allow real sideloading. But anyway I've written Apple out of my life a long time ago.

Post by musiccog » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 9:40 PM UTC

serf wrote: post #469

fancyham wrote: post #278

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Flash WAS crappy - it had so many vulnerabilities (and probably would have run terribly on the early iPhones) Just as importantly, Apple and Steve learned not to rely on someone else’s technology. PowerPC and all that (when Motorola stopped keeping up with Intel and Apple suffered) Look at things through this lens and their behavior over the past decade makes a lot of sense.

flash was crappy, had poor compatibility and tons of vulnerabilities but it was replaced with.. nothing. and there is still a gap in that market for novice creators that all the webgl/html5/toolkit-of-the-week has yet to cater towards. Jobs interest in bad-mouthing it in the early days had more to do with cutting development costs on his side, if flash and adobe is the devil there is no need to spend time and effort…

Post by andyferris » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 9:43 PM UTC

lnxg33k1 wrote: post #623

tebbers wrote: post #612

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There’s no way the EU allows Apple’s interpretation of the DMA after they did this, Apple really made a mistake here. As you say, how can you be sure that alternative app stores won’t just be booted off by Apple for $REASON?

Made a mistake, why? They either comply right away, or just pretend to be deaf with their own interpretation, make Epic sue them again, pull the situation for a few years keep profiting off developers with their 30% rent, maybe at the end of it the EU will fine them some peanut and the rest is just profit, can’t understand what the mistake is here

Post by mike_d » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 9:44 PM UTC

tebbers wrote: post #612

wkat4242 wrote: post #609

Ummm lol. So now sideloading is allowed (with lots of costs associated mind you) and if someone wants to use it Apple will just kick them off the platform? :') So first malicious compliance with all the inflated costs and then they don't even allow people to use it. I really hope the EU will crack down on this BS and force Apple to allow real sideloading. But anyway I've written Apple out of my life a long time ago.

There’s no way the EU allows Apple’s interpretation of the DMA after they did this, Apple really made a mistake here. As you say, how can you be sure that alternative app stores won’t just be booted off by Apple for $REASON?

Post by ethbr1 » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 9:44 PM UTC

epolanski wrote: post #631

wkat4242 wrote: post #609

Ummm lol. So now sideloading is allowed (with lots of costs associated mind you) and if someone wants to use it Apple will just kick them off the platform? :') So first malicious compliance with all the inflated costs and then they don't even allow people to use it. I really hope the EU will crack down on this BS and force Apple to allow real sideloading. But anyway I've written Apple out of my life a long time ago.

I agree the mobile ecosystem is cancerous, I have never given a dime to Apple for anything but their MacBooks for work reasons. The thing that gets most on my nerves is the ridiculous "protecting users security and privacy". Because if I go along this line of thinking then the conclusion is that they don't give a damn about it on the Mac line because there I can install what I want. It's not up to Apple to decide how…