Comment on EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store

Eggyhead@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes but I don’t believe consoles are a target of the DMA or this investigation. While would be nice if consoles were opened up and forced to allow side loading and alternative stores, I think there’s an argument that they’re single purpose appliances - a PlayStation is sold to you with the intention of it being a gaming box and not much else.

  A smartphone or tablet though is at this point a general purpose computer, and it’s reasonable to expect to have the same freedoms and open environment that you would on a PC.

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  • Eggyhead@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The original argument compares windows to iOS, but gets weaker when comparing windows to macOS, which is still pretty corralled, but more or less open.

    I asked about Xbox because Microsoft doesn’t sell a phone, and Xbox is an example of a Microsoft-run closed ecosystem. So I was curious about how their closed ecosystems compared.

    If Microsoft sold a phone, I wonder if it would actually be more open like windows and Mac, or closed like their XBox and the iPhone.

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    • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, they used to sell one, right? Windows Phone used to be a thing. As I recall though, it was equally locked down with an app store as the sole distribution method.

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