Comment on Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan

namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Cupertino has complied anyway, and said it introduced “Notarization for iOS apps, an authorization process for app marketplaces, and requirements that help protect children from inappropriate content and scams.”

Notarization requirements mean that they still maintain total control over the operating system and what software it can run. These kinds of onerous requirements keep the bar artificially high for competitors and are only possible because they are still enforcing their monopolistic control over the platform.

So no, they’re not complying at all actually. They’re just doing the same thing in a different way.

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