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Give people an inch and they will want a mile. I hope Apple resists these bullies who feel entitled to use all the hardwork Apple put into building their platfo
by charcircuit 11mo ago
Give people an inch and they will want a mile. I hope Apple resists these bullies who feel entitled to use all the hardwork Apple put into building their platform.
- schubidubiduba 11mo agoYou got it the wrong way around: Apple feels entitled to use all the hard work developers put into their apps to bolster their own pockets.
- charcircuit 11mo agoDevelopers are free to delete their apps from Apple's store ar any time. Yes, apps bolster their own pockets, but they also bolster the pockets of the developers themselves.
- troupo 11mo agoDevs might have deleted their apps from AppStore, but Apple literally doesn't allow to distribute software any other way, and even in the EU where it oretends to allow competing AppStores, it still interjects itself into the process
- charcircuit 11mo agoApple owns ios, Apple owns the iPhone. It would make sense that those factions within Apple would still be involved even if the AppStore people are not.
- troupo 11mo ago"Apple owns the iPhone". That's quite a statement.
- charcircuit 11mo agoThere are clearly Apple employees whose job is to build the iPhone product and ones who market it to consumers. It is not a contenstable statement.
- mdhb 11mo agoBack in the real world Apple phones are made by Chinese subcontractors who do not work for Apple and who’s working conditions are so poor that people kill themselves at work on such a regular basis that they had to install suicide nets to just stop people of jumping out of windows.
- troupo 11mo ago"There are clearly Apple employees whose job is to build the iPhone product and ones who market it to consumers" does not in any way, shape, or form equate to "Apple ownes the iPhone (as the physical product that consumers buy)". When you buy a table from IKEA, IKEA doesn't own it, and has no right to tell you which food you're allowed to eat on it.
- saubeidl 11mo agoThe bully here is Apple. They try to use their market power to put themselves above our law, but they shall not get away with it.
- troupo 11mo agoNot just above law, but above common sense as well
- troupo 11mo agoYou've mixed up your bullies. It's Apple which is the bully.
- tt24 11mo agoNo I think he had it right the first time. It’s Apple’s platform. They should have the right to do as they like with it.
- troupo 11mo ago1. Users paid for it. So it's not entirely Apple's. Also, Mac is also Apple's platform. 2. Why would Apple be entitled, for example, for any money that people pay to a service outside of Apple's platform? 3. Apple is a part of duopoly for devices which are integral part of life. No, they don't get to dictate everything that's happening on their platform 4. All EU said: behave, be more competitive. Apple behaves as we have seen: a cross between a bully and a petulant child
- LocalH 11mo agoTheir platform, that runs on devices they don't own?
- charcircuit 11mo agoYes.
- bitpush 11mo agoPlease, someone think of the trillor dollar company.
- tt24 11mo agoThis isn’t an argument.