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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by rmrfrmrf on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:34AM (#24453225)
This is a good example of the contradictions in free market dogma. The reality is that the Facebook as it exists in the "rigged market" of the App Store violates users' privacy less than the "free market" versions on other platforms. Apple's restrictive policies have made them the only company to (have the power to) put checks on Facebook's information harvesting.
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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by vkou on Saturday September 12, 2020 @02:40PM (#24454432)
The issue is not that Facebook is restricted from doing some things in the App Store, that they aren't on other platforms. That's a strawman, that nobody in this thread is complaining about.

The issue is that the rules for Facebook on the App Store isn't subjected to the same rules as <Small competitor> on the App Store.

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