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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by sircastor on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:50PM (#37668186)
Given the context, I’m guessing what you want is to run arbitrary code on an OS that manages the battery, the network, the display, audio in and out, provide a security apparatus... You want all of the benefits of the well-managed, walled garden.

Or did you mean just running ARM Assembly?

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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals by smoldesu on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:23PM (#37668506)
> I’m guessing what you want is to run arbitrary code on an OS that manages the battery, the network, the display, audio in and out, provide a security apparatus... You want all of the benefits of the well-managed, walled garden.

...or a sufficently advanced browser :p (and people wonder why MacOS is loaded with lazy Electron ports...)

Distributing software should be free, ignoring the cost of transmitting the information and storing it on the client. Apple's pricing is arbitrary, and their defense of it is unsubstantiated. Forcing the App Store to compete is the only natural step forward for Apple, whether they (or their shareholders) want to admit it or not.

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