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Re:Dutch watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules anti-c... by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday October 07, 2021 @11:48AM (#28787888)
Do not forget that in some countries Apple also blocks apps that the current regime deems dangerous for it. Like, apps of the opposition news outlets, etc. Apple is quite content with taking your freedom away: if you needed it, you wouldn't have relinquished controls of YOUR phone for other people to decide what to run on it.
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Re:Dutch watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules anti-c... by bradknowles on Friday October 08, 2021 @02:42AM (#28796395)
That requirement is never going away, and Apple is never the only company involved in doing that kind of stuff.

Therefore, that argument really has no bearing on this discussion.

Whether Apple should try harder to stand up to these repressive governments is a good discussion to have, but it’s not the one we’re having right now,

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Re:Dutch watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules anti-c... by criddell on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:34PM (#28788650)
Google does this too. As I understand it, their choice is to remove the app or stop selling devices, software, and services in those countries. This is definitely something that tech companies could do better at. I wish they would choose the latter option just once.
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Re:Dutch watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules anti-c... by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:24PM (#28790260)
At the present moment, I can easily sideload any app on Android, I can even install a third-party appstore like F-droid (this freedom can be taken away by Google in three future, but still far it is available).

Nothing even remotely similar is possible on non-jailbroken iPhone.

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Re:Dutch watchdog finds Apple App Store payment rules anti-c... by howinteresting on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:25PM (#28790268)
But even if Google removes it, you can just install the app on Android anyway.
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