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Philosophically I agree with you, but I also have kids, and I’ve seen the wild west that is the Play Store. Admittedly, the same problems exist on the App Stor

Philosophically I agree with you, but I also have kids, and I’ve seen the wild west that is the Play Store. Admittedly, the same problems exist on the App Store, but not to the same why-even-try level of anything goes. The amount of kids apps, that are marketed as kids apps, certified as age appropriate, then contain ads for zombie gorefest horror was enough to make me give up trying with Android entirely. I have every confidence Google will eventually address this (if they haven’t already in the intervening years). In the meantime while I dislike how restrictive iOS is I’ve begrudgingly come to accept that I need it that way, at least until my kids are older. That said, it's not clear if Apple will win or lose this Epic suit, so who knows what happens after that if they do?

gjsman-1000 5y ago
I’m surprised you think that Apple is going to lose the epic lawsuit, because if you look at any legal commentary (I’m following Hoeg Law’s extensive coverage of the case), the odds of the App Store being broken from this lawsuit or even sideloading being allowed appears to be extremely unlikely.
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- smoldesu 5y ago
  > the odds of the App Store being broken from this lawsuit or even sideloading being allowed appears to be extremely unlikely. From what I've seen, Epic's primary intention is to get Apple to publicly admit the compromises they make to maintain their ecosystem, and then use that to drive a wedge between the court's interpretation of the situation and Apple's defense.
smoldesu 5y ago
The issue isn't with one platform being more open or closed than the other; if you kids want, they can watch pretty much anything they want. They have YouTube and a browser, how are you going to stop them? I sympathize with your distaste for crude advertising, but every platform has it's fair share of people abusing it. Just a few months ago, developers were coming out en masse to denounce Apple's weak regulation in the app store, filtering obscenities but completely missing predatory pricing structures, ponzi schemes, stolen code and frequent double standards/unequal ruling. The bottom line is that the internet is scary, and your kids are growing up faster than any generation before. The more you try to interfere with stuff like this, the more animosity they'll perceive in your relationship.

gjsman-1000 5y ago

I’m surprised you think that Apple is going to lose the epic lawsuit, because if you look at any legal commentary (I’m following Hoeg Law’s extensive coverage of the case), the odds of the App Store being broken from this lawsuit or even sideloading being allowed appears to be extremely unlikely.

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smoldesu 5y ago
> the odds of the App Store being broken from this lawsuit or even sideloading being allowed appears to be extremely unlikely. From what I've seen, Epic's primary intention is to get Apple to publicly admit the compromises they make to maintain their ecosystem, and then use that to drive a wedge between the court's interpretation of the situation and Apple's defense.

smoldesu 5y ago

The issue isn't with one platform being more open or closed than the other; if you kids want, they can watch pretty much anything they want. They have YouTube and a browser, how are you going to stop them? I sympathize with your distaste for crude advertising, but every platform has it's fair share of people abusing it. Just a few months ago, developers were coming out en masse to denounce Apple's weak regulation in the app store, filtering obscenities but completely missing predatory pricing structures, ponzi schemes, stolen code and frequent double standards/unequal ruling. The bottom line is that the internet is scary, and your kids are growing up faster than any generation before. The more you try to interfere with stuff like this, the more animosity they'll perceive in your relationship.