Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store

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• dwazou@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fuck Apple.

  Imagine if Microsoft banned users from downloading software outside the Windows store.___

  “wE dO ThAt FoR yOuR sEcUrItY”

  Security my ass.

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Apple doesn’t ban Mac users from downloading software outside the App Store.

    Microsoft bans Xbox users from downloading unlicensed software.

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    • theherk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That this completely true observation has twice the downvotes than upvotes highlights this community’s views on Apple.

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    • dwazou@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There’s no need to get offended. Replace MS with MacOS and the point stands.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So basically Windows in S mode?

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    • GeekySalsa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      At least you could disable S mode

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Now do Xbox and PS5 stores.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Damn. Epic’s on a roll in my news feed this morning.

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  • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • deathmetal27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Tim Sweeney you mean?

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• restingboredface@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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  • zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yep, Apple forces all purchases through in app payment for any digital goods.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yep, same reason you can’t buy anything on Amazon Prime TV either.

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• garretble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Haha, get fucked.

  • Sent from my iPhone

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