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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by jamwil on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:12AM (#39625582)
To offer a modest counterweight here, every iPhone owner bought the product knowing damn well that Apple keeps the OS locked down. If you don’t want that, don’t buy an iPhone. There’s no confusion about what the product is and what you can do with it.
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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by TheLoafOfBread on Thursday March 07, 2024 @06:48AM (#39627903)
> every iPhone owner bought the product knowing damn well that Apple keeps the OS locked down

No, average owner has no idea. But they will be relentlessly asking why your application is not supporting iOS

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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by jamwil on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:56AM (#39629092)
Average owner with no idea is the exact person who benefits most from a locked down OS.

The rest of us are free to choose something else.

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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by TheLoafOfBread on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:01AM (#39629905)
So how is a 3rd party going to give support to a customer with iPhone, if Apple will ban such 3rd party for whatever reason?

Let's say that given 3rd party is making a device, which can be controlled via Bluetooth from Windows, Android, MacOS and iOS. They don't make any money on any applications, but from the device.

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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by bobsmith432 on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:15AM (#39629311)
If you buy technology that treats you like a product and has a rape mentality because it's popular and easy, you don't deserve technology.
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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by jamwil on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:36AM (#39629575)
Enjoy your android phone then I guess? Because Google definitely doesn’t treat its users like a product. Oh wait, that’s their entire business model.
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Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account by bobsmith432 on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:47AM (#39631178)
I use a Pixel 5a with CalyxOS and do not have a Google account.
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