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We also need to keep in mind that you can't get your toys and leave, your applications and media is locked into the store, you will have to start over, buy ever

• thephyber 6y ago
  Apple iTunes has actually tried to mitigate this by supporting Movies Anywhere[1] for some video content and iTunes Plus[2] has no DRM, so they aren't as bad as some other walled gardens. The app stores/systems on all of the walled gardens are problematic, but the way I see it it's largely because they don't want to create a web of trust including all of the other app stores (the weakest one's security would cause a loss of profit for all). > What about X or Y This behavior is largely a feature of the market and a failure of governments to choose to do anything about it. We are ~12 years into the iOS app ecosystem, and much further (~30 years) when it comes to packaged disk software/games which were sold separately for Apple/Windows/game consoles. I'm more worried about the trajectory -- governments don't seem to identify this as a problem (except for a few select legislators) and other industries seem to be moving in this direction (John Deere DRM, Tesla apps, AWS Marketplace, etc). [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202915 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202915 [2] https://support.apple.com/guide/itunes/itunes-plus-itns1ec4ec20/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/itunes/itunes-plus-itns1ec4e...