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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by julienb_sea on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:44PM (#25379809)
I hear you but there is actual customer harm. There are obviously silly UX things that happen in Apple world.

Example: you cannot buy Kindle books in the Kindle app as they would be subject to 30% fees. You have to go to the web browser to buy the books. Apple inserting itself into this sort of marketplace transaction is highly questionable.

The google play store offers the same level of protections around their internal payment platform and you can confidently download apps from verified developers.

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Re:Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antitrust gr... by saagarjha on Thursday December 10, 2020 @07:28PM (#25380759)
Not only do you have to go to a web browser to buy the books, you can't tell people to use a web browser! This kind of muzzling is frankly absurd–if Apple is proud of the App Store rules, then why can't developers tell their users about them?
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