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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by pier25 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:05AM (#26167052)
> Or Linux for that matter.

Or even macOS.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by null_object on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:10AM (#26167138)
You can load apps on macOS from anywhere you like.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by pier25 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:14AM (#26167187)
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by mhh__ on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:14AM (#26167193)
Aren't apple increasing not liking you doing that? e.g. MacOS phoning home to Apple on program startup.

I doubt Apple would ever truly stop you but there is a subtle level of friction that can't necessarily be assumed of the user.

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