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> My argument around this goes back to market share: iOS owns, at best, 25% of the global market share for mobile operating systems [1]. Android is 3x that. Wh
by alexashka 6y ago
> My argument around this goes back to market share: iOS owns, at best, 25% of the global market share for mobile operating systems [1]. Android is 3x that.
When you enter a store and get robbed by the owner, 'well don't go to that store anymore' is not a very good response, because before you know it, every store will decide to rob you and what happens then?
That's why we have a legislative branch of government that makes laws to protect citizens from one another and a judicial branch to interpret the laws to make sure we're doing what's best for everyone involved.
- owenmarshall 6y agoThis is a ludicrous comparison. I don’t go into a bodega expecting the owner to rob me. But Apple is crystal clear that this violates their terms of use: I don’t even need a paid developer account to see those rules, just Google.
- alexashka 6y agoA mafia can be crystal clear what their fee for 'protection' is. We have a legislative branch of government that has ruled 'protection' fees illegal. You and many others seem to be failing to grasp this point - just because you write something down and call it terms of use, does not mean those terms of use will not or cannot be overruled by the legislative branch of government. They can be overruled and many people feel like they should be overruled in this specific instance.