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Apple are bullies. By submitting your app you accept to be bullied. By using their apps you accept to be bullied. By buying their hardware you accept to be b

Apple are bullies. By submitting your app you accept to be bullied. By using their apps you accept to be bullied. By buying their hardware you accept to be bullied. The rule they are breaking is not accepting their bullying. That's why parents had to sue them to get refunds on fraudulent in-app purchases as children were scammed and manipulated into tapping buy buttons again and again. That's why Macbook Pro owners had to sue them again and again to address product defects. That's why they're being investigated in both the EU and US for abusing their platforms. They even officially had a rule for iOS developers that threatened against talking to the press. If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226094343/https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141226094343/https://developer...

rhencke 6y ago
I thought you were paraphrasing, at first. I was surprised to find you were quoting it verbatim.
- musicale 6y ago
  Probably worth reading the whole 2014 page in context, as well as the current (2020) version. https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
musicale 6y ago
> By buying their hardware you accept to be bullied YMMV on that - personally, I've gotten pretty decent support for my Apple hardware. For example, in one case, they completely replaced a laptop that had gone out of repair support with a new model that was supported. I don't like the butterfly keyboard, but they replaced it twice and gave me a third-revision model that has worked fine since. In addition to macOS, I use Linux (in a VM) and Windows (both VM and native) on my Apple hardware, and they all work fine.
- benologist 6y ago
  Apple is actually still fighting to avoid culpability for their butterfly keyboard fiasco and to continue replacing broken keyboards with equally-defective keyboards, as you experienced, even though they're obliged to sell you non-defective products. Replacing your keyboard that many times makes you a victim of their hubris not an example of them treating customers well. Replacing your keyboard isn't even free for much longer on the early models. https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/02/apple-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-lawsuit/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/02/apple-macbook-butterfly-keybo...

rhencke 6y ago

I thought you were paraphrasing, at first. I was surprised to find you were quoting it verbatim.

musicale 6y ago
Probably worth reading the whole 2014 page in context, as well as the current (2020) version. https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

musicale 6y ago

> By buying their hardware you accept to be bullied YMMV on that - personally, I've gotten pretty decent support for my Apple hardware. For example, in one case, they completely replaced a laptop that had gone out of repair support with a new model that was supported. I don't like the butterfly keyboard, but they replaced it twice and gave me a third-revision model that has worked fine since. In addition to macOS, I use Linux (in a VM) and Windows (both VM and native) on my Apple hardware, and they all work fine.

benologist 6y ago
Apple is actually still fighting to avoid culpability for their butterfly keyboard fiasco and to continue replacing broken keyboards with equally-defective keyboards, as you experienced, even though they're obliged to sell you non-defective products. Replacing your keyboard that many times makes you a victim of their hubris not an example of them treating customers well. Replacing your keyboard isn't even free for much longer on the early models. https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/02/apple-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-lawsuit/ https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/02/apple-macbook-butterfly-keybo...