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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by selfhoster11 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:55AM (#32178278)
You underestimate the blessing that is an app store that's free of bullshit policies restricting what you can and cannot publish. With F-Droid on Android, I used to have access to apps like NewPipe that Google would never even consider carrying on their app store, but - because I had a third party store, that wasn't a problem.

Now that I have an iPhone, I miss NewPipe greatly. But with this law, I might be able to get something like it in a few months without jailbreaking.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by highwaylights on Thursday July 21, 2022 @10:08AM (#32179592)
Not underestimating it at all, it has value. Unfortunately it undermines so much of the security model in other areas that both platforms will rapidly become malware swamps.
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