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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by jocoda on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:03AM (#39779393)
As long as I have to pay Apple a yearly developer fee so that I can load my own software (that no one else will use) on to 'my' phone, it does not belong me. Yes I know you can reload it every week. Not my phone.

I do not understand why Microsoft stepped out of the mobile market.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by usernamed7 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:17AM (#39779599)
> I do not understand why Microsoft stepped out of the mobile market.

Because they failed. And not just once!

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by pjc50 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:53AM (#39780199)
It's a pity really. The phones were quite good. But they failed for the exact issue under discussion: app store compatibility! They didn't have access to either Android or iOS apps.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by 999900000999 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:29AM (#39779770)
This is apart of why I use Android.

It's understood that you can install random APKs from anywhere. As a hobbyist developer, I want to be able to set up a GitHub pipeline and then just download my APKs from that without fighting Apple or paying for an Apple developer account.

I'm actually open to buying an iPhone as well, iPhones are much better when it comes to music production, by understand I have to abide by Apple's rules and not be able to install my own software.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mauflows on Friday March 22, 2024 @10:14AM (#39790952)
What kind of music production do you do on an iPhone?
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by 999900000999 on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:01AM (#39791395)
Korg Gadget 3 is very good for making hip hop, trip hop or other sample based music. I guess this might include trance and EMD.

With an iPhone 15 you could probably hook up a full blown audio interface and record lyrics as well.

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