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Re:Mozilla pulls Bypass Paywalls from Firefox add-ons store by Mindwipe on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:07AM (#18570034)
> Apple's primary aim by limiting the access to the store isn't to make devs miserable, it's to have users trust the app store.

It really isn't. It's to prop up their own services through anti-competitive blocking, to maintain a level of terrifying censorship, and to rent seek on what remains.

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Re:Mozilla pulls Bypass Paywalls from Firefox add-ons store by zaarn on Friday November 30, 2018 @11:16AM (#18570113)
That is a good side effect for apple but it's not the primary aim/goal of controlling the app store. They already control the ecosystem by virtue of not allowing sideloading easily so controlling the app store serves little additional effect other than cleaning it up and increasing trust.

It's still bad overall though.

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Re:Mozilla pulls Bypass Paywalls from Firefox add-ons store by gamblor956 on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:02PM (#18570980)
Not sure where you are getting your information, as Apple has publicly stated to its investors that the first and last of those 3 were their actual purposes behind the restrictions on the app store.
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