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Re:US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple s... by jppittma on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:38PM (#39022529)
> Yes, that's why you need to organize. That stops the race to the bottom. This is exactly why strike breakers are looked down upon and why companies used to bring in 'scabs' to break strikes. To push that race to the bottom that much further.

Funnily enough, what he's describing is called "price fixing" and is illegal. The "race to the bottom" is competition keeping prices low for consumers and is a feature, not a bug.

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Re:US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple s... by jacquesm on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:41PM (#39022555)
Yes, indeed. But that's precisely why I don't have that much sympathy for any of the players in the App eco systems (consumers, Apple/Google, developers) they are all accepting each others transgressions each for reasons all their own. I never thought that computing would come to this but here we are.
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