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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by samdoesnothing on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:49PM (#45010013)
People are allowed to get apps from whatever store they want. There is nothing stopping someone from purchasing a device that supports the google play store and downloading whatever they want from that store.

I have no right to complain that I can't run Apple programs on a Windows computer, and Microsoft shouldn't be compelled to support MacOS software.

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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by 8note on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:59PM (#45010062)
https://www.darlinghq.org/

seems like you can get it to run on windows via wsl if you want to run apps built for macs on your windows machine

is there a need to complain? windows might not be putting in support for it, but unlike apple in their store, they arent actively preventing you from doing so

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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by groguzt on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:01AM (#45010076)
apple isn't allowed to choose whatever I can install on the device that I own and that I purchased with my own money. I am not renting the device. Get your dirty fingers off of what I can or can't do with it.
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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by TulliusCicero on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:01AM (#45011081)
Ridiculous argument. Microsoft isn't stopping me from running Apple programs on my Windows PC.
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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by LocalH on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:17AM (#45011188)
That's not the argument, and you know it. It's not complaints that cross-platform binaries don't run, it's that Apple gatekeeps development in terms of users actually being able to use the fruits of that development (without onerous work arounds like having to reinstall once per week, or jailbreak).
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