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Yeah, while there are obvious issues with the old "30% cut from Spotify and Amazon ebook sales, and we just so happen to compete in those areas" situation...I'm
by redwall_hp 6y ago
Yeah, while there are obvious issues with the old "30% cut from Spotify and Amazon ebook sales, and we just so happen to compete in those areas" situation...I'm more disturbed by the undue influence over what is the primary computing device of most people.
We've seen, time and time again, Apple ban apps for their "corporate moralism" reasons. Most notably, they throw a fit about nudity and reject apps over it. (Including social media apps where such content is accessible.) They also started banning "vaping related" apps, some of which are for controlling hardware, apparently. Philosophically, I have an issue with a company gatekeeping the software you run on your computing device, for any reason. It's not anyone's place to do that.
This could all be avoided with a legal mandate blocking such gatekeeping. The 30% issue is mitigated if you can install apps over the web, as well.