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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by golergka on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @08:23PM (#43406912)
> You literally pay for access to a tech stack that has nothing better than you would be able to do with USB.

Tech stack has the customers. You pay for access to customers.

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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by Dylan16807 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @08:32PM (#43406993)
This is a relative comparison versus USB. If it was USB, it would have the same customers behind it (plus more).
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Re:Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones by seec on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @04:51PM (#43417198)
Best interpretation of that is rent-seeking. Not strictly illegal, but prone to regulation at the very least. Another way to put it is racketeering. I guess that Apple has been toying with the line for so long that people don't even understand where their interests lies...
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