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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by centimeter on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:53AM (#23988116)
A simple regulation that would fix this without overbearing price controls is to require manufacturers to allow users to sideload their own app stores.
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by Spivak on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:13AM (#23994612)
the monkey’s paw finger curls

Regulation granted! There are now many stores on Apple devices. But the platform still requires code signing from Apple for code to run and must still abide by all existing Apple policy including entering into a contract with Apple that 30% of all revenue from your app on iOS is paid to them.

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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by centimeter on Thursday July 30, 2020 @04:43PM (#24002633)
That obviously would be covered by the fact that I said the word "sideload".
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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by Spivak on Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:55PM (#24003721)
second finger goes down

Regulation granted! You can now download and install apps directly from the internet or locally with no pesky store to act as an intermediary. However, you still require Apple code signing for the app to run and for that your app must go through the regular App Store approval process.

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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by centimeter on Friday July 31, 2020 @11:35AM (#24009698)
That's not what "sideload" means. I leave it to a lawyer to translate it into legalese.
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