cross-posted from: europe.pub/post/390943
Now do Xbox and PS5 stores.
Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store
Submitted 10 months ago by tfm@europe.pub to technology@lemmy.world
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reddig33@lemmy.world 10 months ago
dwazou@jlai.lu 10 months ago
Fuck Apple.
Imagine if Microsoft banned users from downloading software outside the Windows store.
___“wE dO ThAt FoR yOuR sEcUrItY”
Security my ass.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
So basically Windows in S mode?
GeekySalsa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At least you could disable S mode
Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months ago
Thank god for the EU, which forced Apple to back down:
As for canadians/americans, they are in jail.
This isn’t the EU, this is the US. Epic Games will be back in the App Store next week.
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[deleted]Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months ago
There’s no need to get offended. Replace MS with MacOS and the point stands.
tabular@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Device lock-in is a symptom of a wider issue: the users are not in control of their computing. Charging for services is fine but a company deciding what you are allowed to do with your own property is unjust.
Change their post to say Microsoft’s old phone brand OS instead of desktop Windows and nothing changes. You don’t need to pick an equivalent to highlight a single aspect for comparison when arguing for a position.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The only reason these things haven’t happened is that Microsoft was banned from doing them back in the 90s. They absolutely wanted to require a Microsoft Account (then called a Passport) in Windows XP. The ban was in place until just after Windows 7 came out.
Blame the government for doing nothing to protect consumers since 1999.
reddig33@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Apple doesn’t ban Mac users from downloading software outside the App Store.
Microsoft bans Xbox users from downloading unlicensed software.
echodot@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Microsoft bans Xbox users from downloading unlicensed software.
I’m curious what that would even look like. The only thing you can install on an Xbox is Xbox games, why are you getting the Xbox games from if not the official publisher?
theherk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That this completely true observation has twice the downvotes than upvotes highlights this community’s views on Apple.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Damn. Epic’s on a roll in my news feed this morning.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[deleted]deathmetal27@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tim Sweeney you mean?
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Isn’t this charging model the same reason Kindle stopped allowing in app purchases? I thought they had said it was a Google play store thing though. Is Google doing it too or is there pricing something different?
Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months ago
Yep, same reason you can’t buy anything on Amazon Prime TV either.
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Yep, Apple forces all purchases through in app payment for any digital goods.
garretble@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Haha, get fucked.