Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app stores under new EU law

Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by olliej on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:46AM (#30817791)

So you think the Samsung model is correct? That is, devices shouldn’t receive any updates after the initial purchase?

I will accept the argument that apple’s gatekeeping is ridiculous, a lot of that is the bizarre prudishness of the US, but saying that apple should not be compensated at a rate that is generally below the market - the majority of apps on the AppStore are freemium from which apple makes nothing, the remainder are mostly only paying a 15% commission. This is vs 30% or so on game consoles, 30% on steam, etc.

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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by LegitShady on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:39PM (#30821637)

apple is free to charge what they wish for the app store, and support phones for as long as they wish, so long as alternatives are possible.

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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by olliej on Sunday March 27, 2022 @09:37PM (#30826107)

So you do support the Samsung model? Where the only way to get security updates is through buying a new phone?

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Re:Apple forced to allow sideloading and 3rd-party app store... by LegitShady on Sunday March 27, 2022 @10:07PM (#30826302)

you're offering a false equivalence that isnt required for my argument to be true, so I'm going to say 'i never said that, you did,and you never managed to make a logical argument out of it yet'.

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