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A comment on Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic. Parent comment

Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by kevingadd on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:10PM (#25145786)
Sure, but the argument becomes circular, doesn't it? They deserve X% because you use their APIs, and they force you to use their APIs. Congratulations? If it's so expensive to develop/maintain those APIs that they can't afford to part with them for less than 30%+cost of hardware, maybe they shouldn't require you to use them?
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Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by jolux on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:41PM (#25146293)
You’re not required to use them though, as I just explained. What you can’t do is write to memory and then execute it, because that’s a security risk.
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Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by saagarjha on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:27AM (#25148044)
That's not a security risk, it's a "makes App Review potentially pointless" risk.
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Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by jolux on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:35AM (#25149881)
How is it not a security risk?
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Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by saagarjha on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:40PM (#25154724)
How is it one? It’s not like the ability to JIT magically lifts the platform sandbox.
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