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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by aaomidi on Saturday March 26, 2022 @12:43PM (#30813337)
The more they try to block this, the heavier the regulations are going to be on them.

At some point Apple might see itself being split apart because of its constant and well documented abuse of it's status in the market.

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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by olliej on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:32PM (#30816949)
What market abuse? And what do you split up? Apple is a hardware company, all the software they write is purely to make the hardware they sell attractive to consumers.
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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by emptysongglass on Sunday March 27, 2022 @10:21AM (#30820458)
Apple is now a services company: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/20/18273179/apple-icloud-itu...
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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by spacemanmatt on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:05AM (#30819909)
> all the software they write is purely to make the hardware they sell attractive to consumers.

This view of Apple as a pure-platform company does not comport with reality

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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by dmitrygr on Saturday March 26, 2022 @08:19PM (#30816563)
Into what and what, exactly?
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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by aaomidi on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:14PM (#30821423)
You could imagine the hardware manufacturing/os component of apple being split from the services part of apple.
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