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I'm absolutely with you on that one. I probably should have been even more clear on my position, I really think app store agreements and rules need to be reigne
by lostmyoldone 7y ago
I'm absolutely with you on that one. I probably should have been even more clear on my position, I really think app store agreements and rules need to be reigned in, somehow. Right now it looks like it's probably going to be done, badly, by various governments. Not ideal, but neither of the major players show any real intent of fixing their issues, different as they are.
There are too many parallels between how the feudal lords of old treated indentured labour/bond servants/serfs and how app developers are treated today. Difference too, clearly, but the similarities are concerning nevertheless.
In feudal society the lords were effectively above the law, and from the perspectives of an app developer, the app store gatekeepers are similarly above the law. Not literally so, but effectively so. We've allowed companies to create their own virtual kingdoms where the ToS is the constitution, and the serfs have no rights but those given by the king.