The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple exec at Epic trial

Re:The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple ex... by ProAm on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:19AM (#27221416)

There are three legs to the problem, 1) 30%, 2) TOS 3) Monopoly on app distribution to IOS

If any of those pillars fall I think Apple is off the hook here.

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Re:The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple ex... by oauea on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:25AM (#27221494)

Don't you mean all?

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Re:The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple ex... by throwawaygh on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:47AM (#27221791)

I could see the argument that reducing the cut is still anti-competitive, especially because it's easy to show how the TOS harms both competition and the consumer.

But if they allow alternative distribution channels, that would make the anti-trust case a lot more difficult both in actual court and in the court of legislative opinion. I have no problem with a 30% cut if alternative app distribution channels are allowed (a la Android).

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Re:The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple ex... by ProAm on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:57AM (#27222859)

I think Apple will have good legal grounds to stand on if they get rid of one of those, and will garner a lot of customer goodwill. Right now it really looks like Apple does not respect both their customers and third party developers at all which comes off has pure greed.

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