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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by domador on Friday August 19, 2022 @06:16PM (#32526638)
Let's see if I can paraphrase your argument:

"The iPhone and the App Store exist, therefore developers should be thankful they exist regardless of how Apple treats them as they try to get their apps approved."

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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by dylan604 on Friday August 19, 2022 @06:30PM (#32526804)
What would that dev do without their 80% they are making now if there was no iDevices? That 80% looks pretty good compared to 0%
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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by josephcsible on Friday August 19, 2022 @07:36PM (#32527418)
If there were no iDevices, the developers would make their apps for more open platforms instead. Don't pretend the apps just wouldn't exist at all.
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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by dylan604 on Friday August 19, 2022 @07:52PM (#32527519)
Right, because the millions of people that have a mobile device as the one and only compute device would magically be buying a different type of computer?
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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by zaik on Friday August 19, 2022 @08:31PM (#32527775)
They would be buying the same computer from a different manufacturer.
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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by josephcsible on Friday August 19, 2022 @08:17PM (#32527677)
In what world can anyone afford an iDevice but not an Android device?
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Re:App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps by dylan604 on Friday August 19, 2022 @08:42PM (#32527847)
I read open platforms as not just Android. I was thinking more traditional compute vs mobile
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