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I'm not so sure it's the best argument but I get what they're saying. The problem is, the argument basically says all free apps are bad, all paid apps are good.
by hk1337 1y ago
I'm not so sure it's the best argument but I get what they're saying. The problem is, the argument basically says all free apps are bad, all paid apps are good. The price of an app isn't a good indicator of its intentions.
- airstrike 1y agoNo, it doesn't say that. It says free apps are not hurt by this as much as paid apps, so charging a percentage fee to maintain the app store disproportionately hurts paid apps.
- hk1337 1y agoThey should probably reword it so that "free services" and "abuse your privacy" is not so closely linked in that case.
- saghm 1y agoI don't think the argument is that _every_ free app is abusing your privacy, just that there are undoubtedly some, and they're hard to compete with in a privacy-respecting way due to the extra overhead that the app store fees incur.
- parineum 1y agoIt's proton suing. That's their entire case. They are a respecting privacy product that is unduly burdened while privacy abusing products are not. (their argument)