Apple's willfully dishonest about hardware issues so when yet another story lands of how they released an app and banned competing products the truth really isn

Apple's willfully dishonest about hardware issues so when yet another story lands of how they released an app and banned competing products the truth really isn't complex, this is a company prioritizing unethical, anti-consumer, anti-competitive behavior. Their official iOS developer guidelines even threatened developers for speaking to the press about these things... https://web.archive.org/web/20141226094343/https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141226094343/https://developer... If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps. 2008 - banned a podcasting app for competing with iTunes https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080915/0136292268.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080915/0136292268.shtml 2008 - rejected a mail client for competing with a mail client https://apple.slashdot.org/story/08/09/21/122225/Apple-Bans-iPhone-App-For-Competing-With-Mailapp https://apple.slashdot.org/story/08/09/21/122225/Apple-Bans-... 2008 - rejected Opera browser https://www.applegazette.com/iphone/apple-rejects-opera-browser/ https://www.applegazette.com/iphone/apple-rejects-opera-brow... 2009 - Apple rejected Google Voice https://daringfireball.net/2009/07/google_voice https://daringfireball.net/2009/07/google_voice 2011 - removed a game for criticizing the human/environmental costs of iPhones https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/game-that-critiques-apple-vanishes-from-app-store/ https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/game-that-critique... 2013 - removed a music store for competing with iTunes https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/22/apple-hmvgroup https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/22/apple-hmv... 2015 - Firefox finally gets approved by skinning Safari https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/firefox-finally-comes-to-ios/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/firef... 2016 - Apple refused Spotify's updates for having web-based subscriptions https://www.recode.net/2016/6/30/12067578/spotify-apple-app-store-rejection https://www.recode.net/2016/6/30/12067578/spotify-apple-app-... 2018 - rejected Steam's streaming client for competing with their app store games https://www.shacknews.com/article/105107/ios-steam-link-app-rejected-by-apple https://www.shacknews.com/article/105107/ios-steam-link-app-... 2018 - Apple stopped approving Telegram updates https://www.technadu.com/apple-rejected-all-telegram-updates-mid-april/29947/ https://www.technadu.com/apple-rejected-all-telegram-updates... 2019 - Spotify claims Apple are uncompetitive, surprising many https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/14/spotify-sues-apple-app-store-fees/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/03/14/spotify-sues-apple-...