it is always amusing when people attempt to paint anti-consumer features as pro consumer...
>>As a father I'd
Really, you are going for "think of the children" defense of anti-consumer policy. Classic
For decades electronics have had all manner of Child protection features, it is trivial to prevent the installation of apps, or even other apps stores from unapproved users, and a child should not have the authority to install any apps, form the Apple store or not
In enterprise system administration we have been doing this on computers for decades preventing unauthorized applications or users from installing things
That is a solved problem and in no way is a locked down controlled by apple ecosystem required to archive parental controls on the device
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>There is a huge market of consumers who value their own protection and the protection of their families A LOT more than IAP margins for developers
I am sure they do, I am sure they do not care about the devs at all, that is clear from your position.
If the consumer cares about this soo much then it should not be a problem for them to bear the cost of this not the devs, if the value of the Apple store is the Security and Privacy of the store then the consumer not the dev should pay for that. A 30% fee added to the price of the app charged to the CUSTOMER then should be the fair payment method, not extorting 30% of revenue from the dev
I have a feeling that both you and apple know that most consumers would not put the value of that service at 30% though this is why they extort the devs not the customer
Because companies can always be trusted to never monetize data.
> If the Apple Store brings that much value, outside of their mandated use, then the other app stores will fail anyway so...
No, this only benefits dodgy bullshit developers doing bullshit things. The fact that there is only one, very well guarded and fenced AppStore IS a great feature for consumers. As a father I'd buy my kids an iPhone and not an Android, because I know that only way they will be able to get an app on their phone is through a store which has consumers, consumer ethics and protection at the forefront of their mind, not the desire to please developers trying to constantly push the border and slowly do more dodgy shit and trick a minor into some bullshit which they can't tell the difference from the good stuff.
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There is a huge market of consumers who value their own protection and the protection of their families A LOT more than IAP margins for developers. If you want to sell your stuff to that consumer group then you have to play by their rules, can't demand them to lower their standards so you can get it your way.