what is wrong with app being able to charge you directly? Yes Epic is a greedy corporate entity like any other, but apple’s arbritary resctrions are comical and shouldn’t ever have existed, they outragous and outright ridiculous, there is a clear conflict of interest of an App store which in theory should try to attract apps with smaller cuts, but in case of Apple since they control both the OS and store they simply force a monopoly, so that they don’t to improve their store, all corporate entities eventually tend towards monopolistic anti competitive behavior that restrict market freedom in a attempt to not need to compete, usually through exploitting their position in one field, like OS, to force a their subpar product of a different field onto consumers, like a shit app store, Apple does want competition, they fear it, that’s why they use so many scummy anti competitive tactics, the entire idea of restriction an OS to only one source of apps is insane and monopolistic by nature.
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Guidy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m never giving epic games a dime, I can assure you if that.
This is one of those things many people seem to think will be a win but will actually suck once every app is able to charge you directly.
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Zak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m disappointed the court didn’t strike down the app store monopoly itself. The iPhone might actually appeal to me with unlimited sideloading.
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I wouldn’t settle for anything less than being able to jailbreak it, repair it, and sideload whatever I want as I please. Too bad critical thinking seems non existent, Apple’s business practices and of the whole big tech undermines the ideas and principles of any capitalists, yet those capitalists don’t even notice it, the double standards are impressive.
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago
Check out Fairphones.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nobody forbids Apple from having a “vetted certified blessed” category where only apps that don’t are accepted. If you mean hygiene. If you mean that anal control from Apple is good, then I disagree.
Auli@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Nothing we’ll convince me apple needs 30% for subscriptions purchased from iOS or IAP.
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There is no pattern of facts where “Apple gets to collect a tax on any transaction you make on your iPhone” is a good thing