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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by andersa on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:19PM (#39136185)
You can have this! Simply only download apps from Apple's store. Apple still has no right to interfere in any way at all, or collect a tax, if I want to sell an app to someone else outside of it.
Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by halJordan on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:31PM (#39136329)
What about the people like you saying Apple has no place in between 3rd party devs and the end user? You literally said he couldn't have it? From your first post if you had your druthers Apple would be slapped harder and harder until they disband the App Store.
Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by andersa on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:34PM (#39136361)
If the seller is voluntarily working together with Apple (i.e. purposefully selling the software through their store) that is obviously fine. The whole point of the DMA is we should not be forced to.
Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by threeseed on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:34PM (#39136360)
> Apple still has no right to interfere in any way at all, or collect a tax, if I want to sell an app to someone else outside of it.

You seem to be demanding that everyone bend to your view of how the world should work.

But the fact is that Apple has a right to determine what apps are on their platform. No different to how supermarkets choose what items to stock or social networks moderate what content to show.

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by andersa on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:35PM (#39136382)
Apple does not have a right to determine what software people run on their general purpose computers. That is the whole point of the DMA. I apologize if you couldn't understand this.

> No different to how supermarkets choose what items to stock

And yet, you can drive to Ikea and buy a couch without having to pay a fee to Walmart. Very curious. Want to think of a better analogy?

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by jewelry on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:25PM (#39136256)
Why don't you use android device then? You're not forced to buy apple product if that's a priority for you.
Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by andersa on Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:29PM (#39136308)
I do use an android device. Apple hardware is very good however, so I am interested in buying some of their things aswell.