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PG’s tweet said, iirc, go to my website, it has my Mastodon link. He didn’t even mention his website, it’s on his bio. If that’s not okay to Twitter, that’s ex

PG’s tweet said, iirc, go to my website, it has my Mastodon link. He didn’t even mention his website, it’s on his bio. If that’s not okay to Twitter, that’s extremely interesting. Brings Apple’s App Store rules to mind.

modeless 4y ago
My thoughts too. If Twitter is going to start behaving like the App Store I want no part of it.
- chipotle_coyote 4y ago
  This isn't as much behaving like the App Store as it is telling the App Store "hold my beer".
  - geraldwhen 4y ago
    Not really; it’s the same. You can’t release products that compete with apple, ala an App Store, or games store, etc. It took a lawsuit to change that for Europe, but we still have yet to see what that looks like.
    - modeless 4y ago
      Unless you're Roblox of course. What's up with that? Does Tim Cook own a bunch of Roblox stock or something?
      - wholinator2 4y ago
        I believe Roblox would have enough money to convince any platform hosting their app to capitulate.
    - hackernewds 4y ago
      Not really. The pixel buds app is in the Apple store. So is Amazon.
- IOT_Apprentice 4y ago
  LMAO.
  - wholinator2 4y ago
    What do you mean?
ericmay 4y ago
Yea but doesn’t bring Apple App Store rules to mind that’s nonsense.
- paulgb 4y ago
  I think the Apple rule they're referring to is that if you have an in-app transaction, you're not allowed to reference the fact that the transaction can be made off-app (which would avoid Apple's 30% cut). It's not quite the same, but similarly draconian in that it restricts what you're allowed to say (as opposed to what you're allowed to link to).
  - dvngnt_ 4y ago
    no because you can't also say that your free app ios is on android too
  - signal11 4y ago
    That’s one part of it, also if you sell say ebooks or MP3s, you can’t sell them in-app, but also you can’t even provide a link in-app to buy them using the mobile browser. I don’t want to derail this conversation with App Store policies, but the notion of policing links isn’t great, especially for a social network.
  - modeless 4y ago
    Not only that. There are a lot of things you can't say on the App Store. Pretty much anything critical of App Store policies or mentioning alternative platforms as text in your app (rather than user generated content) is likely to get you the boot.
  - ericmay 4y ago
    Apple isn’t publicly claiming otherwise though.

modeless 4y ago

My thoughts too. If Twitter is going to start behaving like the App Store I want no part of it.

chipotle_coyote 4y ago
This isn't as much behaving like the App Store as it is telling the App Store "hold my beer".
- geraldwhen 4y ago
  Not really; it’s the same. You can’t release products that compete with apple, ala an App Store, or games store, etc. It took a lawsuit to change that for Europe, but we still have yet to see what that looks like.
  - modeless 4y ago
    Unless you're Roblox of course. What's up with that? Does Tim Cook own a bunch of Roblox stock or something?
    - wholinator2 4y ago
      I believe Roblox would have enough money to convince any platform hosting their app to capitulate.
  - hackernewds 4y ago
    Not really. The pixel buds app is in the Apple store. So is Amazon.
IOT_Apprentice 4y ago
LMAO.
- wholinator2 4y ago
  What do you mean?

ericmay 4y ago

Yea but doesn’t bring Apple App Store rules to mind that’s nonsense.

paulgb 4y ago
I think the Apple rule they're referring to is that if you have an in-app transaction, you're not allowed to reference the fact that the transaction can be made off-app (which would avoid Apple's 30% cut). It's not quite the same, but similarly draconian in that it restricts what you're allowed to say (as opposed to what you're allowed to link to).
- dvngnt_ 4y ago
  no because you can't also say that your free app ios is on android too
- signal11 4y ago
  That’s one part of it, also if you sell say ebooks or MP3s, you can’t sell them in-app, but also you can’t even provide a link in-app to buy them using the mobile browser. I don’t want to derail this conversation with App Store policies, but the notion of policing links isn’t great, especially for a social network.
- modeless 4y ago
  Not only that. There are a lot of things you can't say on the App Store. Pretty much anything critical of App Store policies or mentioning alternative platforms as text in your app (rather than user generated content) is likely to get you the boot.
- ericmay 4y ago
  Apple isn’t publicly claiming otherwise though.