We really need Apple to open their platform to other app stores.
Comment on Apple’s rejection of Hey calendar app revives an old feud
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months agoThe real issue is almost certainly that Hey doesn’t want to pay Apple 30% so you can’t do anything without an external subscription and they don’t allow you to pay with In App Payments/Subscriptions.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
I mean… maybe? I don’t actually care. My MIL will absolutely get tricked into downloading some spyware or scam app from some shady 3rd party App Store if they existed.
The walled garden approach isn’t for everyone - but I don’t actually mind it at all.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Leave the walled garden up. Just allow an opening of the user wants to.
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
The issue is for the technically illiterate it’s often not nearly as intentional.
No one reads pop ups or warnings, they just click ok when they’re told.
atk007@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just because you married the daughter of someone dumb, the rest of us should suffer? Due to this walled garden approach, the big companies are carving pieces of once open Internet to create their own secluded corners which only stifles competition. I always liked apple as a technology company, but their transition into a lifestyle brand only emboldened their gatekeeping. I am glad they were forced to adapt to USB-C, and I hope that in future, they be forced to open their AppStore.
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
First off, she isn’t dumb at all. Just easily overwhelmed by technology. She was suspicious and took the time to try to find apple’s phone number to call them, but probably got bit by someone scamming google’s SEO so google spit out a scam number.
They started using USBC on Macs and iPads forever ago. They weren’t forced to do anything. When they switched from 30 pin to lightning everyone was pissed. They guaranteed 10 years of support for lightning. Which drum roll… expired in 2022. theverge.com/…/apple-iphone-lightning-cable-anniv…
If you don’t like it, just buy android and windows devices? It’s not like there’s no choices and you’re screwed. It’s also noFirst off, she isn’t dumb at all. Just easily overwhelmed by technology. She was suspicious and took the time to try to find apple’s phone number to call them, but probably got bit by someone scamming google’s SEO so google spit out a scam number.
They started using USBC on Macs and iPads forever ago. They weren’t forced to do anything. When they switched from 30 pin to lightning everyone was pissed. They guaranteed 10 years of support for lightning. Which drum roll… expired in 2022. theverge.com/…/apple-iphone-lightning-cable-anniv…
If you don’t like it, just buy android and windows devices? It’s not like there’s no choices and you’re screwed. It’s also not like they changed their stance over time. Whether you bought iPhone 1 or iPhone 15 the experience has been more or less the same ecosystem wise.
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s exactly the same marketing plan as Neflix/Amazon prime/HBO Max… whatever. You download a FREE app but can’t do anything with it without a subscription.
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
Every single one of those apps supports in app payments/subscriptions.
So, no, you don’t.
And if Hey added that, they would be fine.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Last I checked you cannot sub from within the Netflix app.
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
somewhere in the app you can
brrt@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That’s not quite correct. At least for Netflix I know that you can browse, add to watchlist etc. without a sub. Just need an account. So you can do something, just not watch anything.