I’m getting weird vibes from this. I know Gruber is all in on Apple. I myself have a lot of Apple stuff. But he is an outsider, a consumer. I can’t fathom what’

I’m getting weird vibes from this. I know Gruber is all in on Apple. I myself have a lot of Apple stuff. But he is an outsider, a consumer. I can’t fathom what’s going on in his head to take a position like “we all should pay Apple, and we must find ways to pay even more”. He mentions owning a device to the fullest extent but quickly dismisses it because… users dumb? Install bad software? He himself wrote multiple times about App Store overflowing with crappy apps and rip-offs. Apple doesn’t demonstrate superior curation and quality control. They frustrate developers of good apps and let through tonnes of shit. Also banned any hint of mature content. In my eyes any sane customer take should look something like “yeah, they complied in the shittiest possible way because their legal team said it’s the only way. Let’s hope they’ll find a way to make it work the right way.” I register a prediction. Once EU DMA goes into effect and forces some way of side loading on iOS we’ll see absolutely no change in user exploitation. No amount of bad software on iOS will meaningfully change the situation to justify Apple’s involvement in the app distribution.