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Except Apple doesn’t let every app do that. They effectively decide which company wins while blocking all others. The same argument was made against Google sinc

Except Apple doesn’t let every app do that. They effectively decide which company wins while blocking all others. The same argument was made against Google since they charged a lower Play Store commission for Spotify.

Terretta 3y ago
This is categorically not true. 1) You can run every Mac app sold by a third party store that's designed to run on your Mac. 2) Anyone can make a Mac app store. The only apps Apple blocks from arbitrary sources are known malware. Even that can be turned off if you're either a masochist or a malware researcher. PS. See also the wonderful SetApp store: https://setapp.com/ https://setapp.com/ Many apps in Apple's app store are alternatively available through SetApp. For anything in SetApp, I get it there.
- theturtletalks 3y ago
  Nice straw man there. I wasn’t talking about the Mac App Store which is not even the target of anti-trust investigations. Macs allow you to install apps from anywhere. It’s the iOS App Store that doesn’t allow apps to be app marketplaces within. Setapp is a subscription service, not an app marketplace.
  - Terretta 3y ago
    You were talking Mac. > Setapp is a subscription service, not an app marketplace That's a really weird way to draw that line. I go there, goods are marketed to me, I pay money to use them. That's the definition of a market and the site and its desktop app are a marketplace. Unless you're arguing that if Apple finished transitioning the iOS app marketplace to purely subscription, it's no longer a marketplace. That would be a really unusual stance.
  - cowsandmilk 3y ago
    It’s not a straw man. You’re original comment was explicitly replying to a comment about the Mac, not iOS…
  - stetrain 3y ago
    The original comment, and my reply, are both about the Mac explicitly. I also specifically said that for iPhone and iPad that they were correct, that Apple's app store is the only way to get apps.
stetrain 3y ago
That is not true for the Mac, which is what my comment was about.

Terretta 3y ago

This is categorically not true. 1) You can run every Mac app sold by a third party store that's designed to run on your Mac. 2) Anyone can make a Mac app store. The only apps Apple blocks from arbitrary sources are known malware. Even that can be turned off if you're either a masochist or a malware researcher. PS. See also the wonderful SetApp store: https://setapp.com/ https://setapp.com/ Many apps in Apple's app store are alternatively available through SetApp. For anything in SetApp, I get it there.

theturtletalks 3y ago
Nice straw man there. I wasn’t talking about the Mac App Store which is not even the target of anti-trust investigations. Macs allow you to install apps from anywhere. It’s the iOS App Store that doesn’t allow apps to be app marketplaces within. Setapp is a subscription service, not an app marketplace.
- Terretta 3y ago
  You were talking Mac. > Setapp is a subscription service, not an app marketplace That's a really weird way to draw that line. I go there, goods are marketed to me, I pay money to use them. That's the definition of a market and the site and its desktop app are a marketplace. Unless you're arguing that if Apple finished transitioning the iOS app marketplace to purely subscription, it's no longer a marketplace. That would be a really unusual stance.
- cowsandmilk 3y ago
  It’s not a straw man. You’re original comment was explicitly replying to a comment about the Mac, not iOS…
- stetrain 3y ago
  The original comment, and my reply, are both about the Mac explicitly. I also specifically said that for iPhone and iPad that they were correct, that Apple's app store is the only way to get apps.

stetrain 3y ago

That is not true for the Mac, which is what my comment was about.