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Re:Top Mac app store dev abuses free with in-app purchase fo... by RC_ITR on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @03:16PM (#31007066)
It's a fine line to walk and one that I don't think they can sustain for much longer.

On one hand, they deny it and the app developer posts a medium sob story about Apple crowding out independent devs. that gets traction on Hacker News.

On the other hand, they let it through and this article gets posted.

I wonder how heavy the head that wears the crown gets before it's chopped off.

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Re:Top Mac app store dev abuses free with in-app purchase fo... by josephcsible on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:59PM (#31009253)
They don't need to walk a fine line. They decided to make a walled garden, but they do a terrible job of moderating it such that there are way too many of both false positives and false negatives.
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