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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by zeveb on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:34AM (#18903701)
> And apps that don’t fit those use cases - what are they doing with your device?

What I, the owner of my device, have directed them to do.

Apple's approach makes easy things difficult (because one must use their APIs) and difficult things impossible (because Apple have decided that purchasers of their devices shouldn't be permitted to do things Apple wishes them not to do).

I want a general-purpose computer that I own & control in my pocket, not some stripped-down communicator owned & control by someone else.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by fixermark on Monday January 14, 2019 @01:26PM (#18905097)
You've definitely made the case that you don't want an iOS device.

... the market appears to be making the case that you are not the average consumer, but that's an independent variable.

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Re:Android vendors, don’t kill my app by AnthonyMouse on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:47PM (#18905833)
The market has consistently been choosing Android phones in higher volumes than iPhones for years.
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