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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by threeseed on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:34PM (#25379715)
Game streaming services do exist on iOS via the web browser.

You can signup for Netflix on iOS via the web browser.

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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by Orphis on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:46PM (#25379825)
Yet, you cannot have a link to Netflix or Spotify from their app to their own website as you could subscribe on it.

And the browser is limited to whatever Apple allows. If it doesn't support some web API that has a native equivalent, you're out of luck. There are many of those.

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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by madeofpalk on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:03PM (#25379997)
These are all concessions to the user experience that harm both consumers and developers.

You Download the Netflix App and it Doesn't Work if you don't already have an account.

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