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Re:Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU by scottyah on Thursday June 26, 2025 @05:20PM (#44391532)
Ratings and reviews cost money to maintain. Anti-spam, compute, distribution, security concerns, etc. Apple should do whatever they can to ensure that developers who aren't paying don't degrade the service for everyone else.
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Re:Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU by bigyabai on Friday June 27, 2025 @01:44AM (#44393979)
The App Store is already replete with terrible promoted software. Apple made an entire business around degrading the top search results so competitors can bid on less relevant suggestions: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple_search_ads
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Re:Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU by jmole on Friday June 27, 2025 @01:31PM (#44398656)
That would be a great argument if you could actually install apps from outside the Apple App Store.
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