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I really think Apple screwed the pooch on this one. They had a decade to open up iOS in a more controlled way. They did the opposite, locking out apps on competitive grounds, opening themselves up for obvious antitrust action. Now the decision is going to be out of their hands around the world, and the legislation is far more onerous.
As an EU citizen I cannot WAIT for the DMA to come into effect. I’m genuinely excited to see all the interesting new apps and the creativity which will be allowed to flourish again on the platform.
Thing is it’s a private company and you are under no obligation to buy their products. Let customers choose what they want. They’re also not doing this industry wide so it’s really not benefitting people
Thing is the EU and probably Australia don’t care for this kind of corporate apologism and recognise the danger of complete platform lockdown. This just increases customer choice within a platform. If you actually cared about choice you’d applaud it.
They are offering something no one else is, the EU want's to remove it from the market and people who value choice should applaud it?
What are they offering? A closed platform that arbitrarily stops perfectly valid apps over idiotic concerns of “competition”?
When people say Apple fans are sheep this is what they mean.
I want companies like microsoft, adobe, and others to go through the app store, because otherwise they're a fucking plague on the system and install a bunch of stupid shit that is hard to get rid off.
But if they go through apples system, getting rid of things is really quite easy.
Probably not as much of an issue on iOS, but if macOS is any indication of what's in store for sideloading, no fucking thanks, I'd much prefer my walled garden.
there are words for people that talk like this as well, hint none of them are pleasant.