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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by rfw300 on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:20PM (#24732796)
> Just imagine if Microsoft had taken a 30% cut from every developer who ever compiled software for windows

Microsoft has the whole code-signing racket going on for Windows, but that's at least a flat fee in fairness.

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Re:ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Maf... by donmcronald on Friday October 09, 2020 @03:55PM (#24733763)
Yeah. That’s another good example of abusing a market position to limit options to incumbents. I’d love to have LE style domain validate code signing certificates.
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