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Because it should be legal for the owner of a store to decide not to sell a product, whatever the reason.
by gagege 8y ago
Because it should be legal for the owner of a store to decide not to sell a product, whatever the reason.
- jasonlotito 8y agoAs Apple's customer, I don't see the "store" as so much a store as the way for me to install and update applications. After all, it shouldn't be legal for the owner of a store to break into my house and either take stuff or leave trash I don't want (something Apple is perfectly willing to do). Apple has chosen to position itself as the only way to install apps, which I feel is generally fine, but as Apple's customer, I have every right to complain to them when they harm my experience with their product by denying me a product I want based purely on business decisions and that don't protect me.
- saagarjha 8y ago> it shouldn't be legal for the owner of a store to break into my house and either take stuff or leave trash I don't want (something Apple is perfectly willing to do). Apple does not remove apps from your device, it stops you from downloading them. So this is still like a store refusing to sell something rather than a storeowner coming to your house and taking things.
- jasonlotito 8y ago> Apple does not remove apps from your device Just because they've never done it doesn't mean they can't. > So this is still like a store refusing to sell something rather than a storeowner coming to your house and taking things. You conveniently ignoring the fact they've still gone and left trash on my device is noticed.
- danmg 8y agoNot when the market is a monopoly.
- scarface74 8y agoHow is Apple a “monopoly” with less than 20% of the smart phone market?
- danmg 8y ago100% of that market. The apple app market is not the same as the android app market. They're not in competition with each other. Owners are captive.
- scarface74 8y agoSo does that make every console maker a “monopoly”?
- danmg 8y agoYes. It's only becomes an issue if they're using that to an anti-competitive end.
- scarface74 8y agoSo now you want to get the government involved because Sony didn’t allow cross platform play for the PS4? What type of content will Apple be allowed to ban on its store? Do you want the government telling Apple what they have to allow third parties to access on thier OS? Should the government tell them that every developer should have root access? Access to the Secure Enclave?
- danmg 8y agoIf they're using that to a commercial benefit, to the point of being anti-competitive, over other people who are developing for that platform, yes.
- scarface74 8y ago
- hesarenu 8y agoWhat about the owners of the device. They don't have a say?
- gagege 8y agoNot if they signed a contact that explicitly says "I don't actually own this device in certain key ways". Also, the app store is a service, not a device.