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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by bamboozled on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:07PM (#33977564)
Isn't this what Apple is kind of doing though?

It's regulating your iPhone so you don't have to?

I really don't want idealists to mess up the iPhone's stability, performance and security so people can use the minecraft app store or whatever.

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Re:Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by ... by smoldesu on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:13PM (#33977641)
Apple can still regulate your iPhone if they want. They just have to do so with the option to disable that regulation, which seems like a fair concession to me. Macs pull this off without a problem, even letting you install another OS if you're dissatisfied with MacOS. Apple just needs to bring that same philosophy to iPhone, and developers won't be mad at them.
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