Re:Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competiti...
by bloody-crow on Monday June 19, 2023 @10:11PM
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> I'm a user who owns and iPhone and I would like to be able to sideload or use other stores/payment systems.
> I don't want to use Android. Google's Android is so full of privacy holes that nobody really knows how to turn most of the data collection off.
It's pretty amusing that you don't see or pretend to not see the connection between the two.
I don't want to use a web browser for anything I'd use an app for. The web is and always will be an inferior experience compared to a well-made native app.
I don't want to use Android. Google's Android is so full of privacy holes that nobody really knows how to turn most of the data collection off. Open-source Android is incompatible with standard apps like my local public transit app due to over-reliance on Play Services.
I do like the things you mentioned about Apple but just as I'll use raw credit cards or bank transfers with merchants I trust and PayPal for those I don't, I'd like to do the same with purchases on iOS. Sometimes I'd be happy to pay a premium to know I won't have to go through an arduous process to cancel a subscription, sometimes I wouldn't. I want the choice.