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Re:Apple is threatening to terminate my developer account wi... by ivanhoe on Thursday June 18, 2020 @06:25AM (#23561703)
Sorry but that makes zero sense. Monopolies like these kill the free market, kill competition, kill innovation and by that they hurt the end-users and the whole economy. No one benefits from this current situation except Apple. That's why antitrust laws exist, to prevent exactly this type of behavior.
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Re:Apple is threatening to terminate my developer account wi... by rbrtl on Thursday June 18, 2020 @06:47AM (#23561818)
I agree with you 75%.

> No one benefits from this current situation except Apple.

This isn't true. See top comment, but all the FAANGs and their smaller siblings benefit in the exact same way.

The problem is systemic, and it starts with lobbying and disparity of legal standing between corporations and individuals.

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Re:Apple is threatening to terminate my developer account wi... by ivanhoe on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:32AM (#23652372)
I obviously (at least it was my intention) meant: "No one but big corps" (and I include their subsidiaries, sidekicks and wannabes into that). Countries don't, societies don't, not even science or economy, and especially not customers and makers.
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