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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by criddell on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:24AM (#30207925)
> Apple owns "America's computer" (50+% of average American's internet usage), and they control it like a dictatorship

If Apple didn't give their users tools to control tracking, wouldn't that be more dictatorial?

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by echelon on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:27AM (#30207967)
It would be fair business if the DOJ removed the app store, but Apple removed APIs that allow tracking.

I would be fully on board with that. 100% pro-consumer, pro-small business.

Apple needs to protect its consumers, but the US government needs to protect businesses against the Apple monopoly.

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by criddell on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:34AM (#30209020)
> It would be fair business if the DOJ removed the app store, but Apple removed APIs that allow tracking.

Why is that more fair? I bought an iPhone a month ago (my first) in part because I want their version of the App Store and I want more privacy controls. I actually like that Apple's requirements push developers to make a native app rather than a web app (for example).

I'm certainly sympathetic to the argument that 30% is too large of a cut and it's well past time for payment reform. However, I think consumers would be worse off losing Apple's more tightly controlled app store implementation. If you want more options, go Android. That's what I did for more than a decade.

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