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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by purplecats on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:54PM (#25379263)
That’s awesome that you made that!

I am not well versed in this area but why does apple “need” to do that? that would hurt them. more like everyone else needs apple to do that because they’re profiting off of our backs. so the last thing apple needs is to hurt themselves.

just curious why you phrased it like that.

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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by ubercow13 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:08PM (#25379439)
Need can also express an obligation, not just something that is required by someone but also of someone.
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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by purplecats on Friday December 11, 2020 @05:20AM (#25384179)
But under the dynamics of capitalism, they are everything _but_ obligated to do so.
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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by ubercow13 on Friday December 11, 2020 @12:54PM (#25388546)
Yes, they are not literally already obligated to do so by law or economics. But GP is clearly using it as a rhetorical device to express their manifesto: we (society) should 'need' Apple to do X (for the good of society), or whatever.
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