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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by ksk on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:21PM (#24580236)
Its not on the outside of the box, its on the inside. Apple forbids in-app discussion. I wonder what Apple would say if the app had a browser component that directs users to a web-page. These draconian rules are such a clusterF* hope these guys succeed.

BTW, all analogies are flawed in some manner or another. If you take away the abstraction, every single one breaks down. And then you end up talking about the intricacies of the thing you wanted to abstract away making it moot! :)

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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by spullara on Thursday September 24, 2020 @01:30PM (#24581105)
Their current position protects consumers from being defrauded. I'm all for it.
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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by ksk on Thursday September 24, 2020 @03:33PM (#24582596)
That is great, you can avoid using app stores you don't trust. Why prevent other users from using stores they trust? Apple isn't the only company that can run an online store. There are countless online web stores selling all kinds of things, and people trust them with their money. Apple is artificially preventing competition in iOS stores here because they can abuse their dominant position.
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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by spullara on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:50PM (#24592918)
The biggest issue is that in a native app you can fake the entire display. There is no way to know if it is a store you trust. It could look just like your paypal login down to the last pixel and it instead be bad actors collecting your information.
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