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Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store (alternativeto.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [A] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/390943

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    1. No one was talking about Mac.

    2. XBOX is not a workstation. The only thing you'd want to install on it is games. That's like, the whole point.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

    That was comparing desktop OS to mobile OS, which is why the person to which I replied pointed out this is different than macOS.

    On your second point, neither is iOS a workstation, and one could just as easily say, “The only thing you’d want to install is mobile apps.” Okay but the problem isn’t the type of apps, it is the source of those apps. So either you should be able to get application / games from multiple sources or not.

    If you think those initial downvotes were due to some pedantic distinction about workstation, and not because somebody indirectly implied that Microsoft and Apple were on similar footing in this regard, fine.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That was comparing desktop OS to mobile OS

    It doesn't matter. The point stands.

    neither is iOS a workstation

    Yes it is. It's a general computing device. The XBOX is a dedicated gaming device.

    Okay but the problem isn’t the type of apps

    As far as this discussion, it very much is.

    So either you should be able to get application / games from multiple sources or not.

    You absolutely should be able to on all platforms, but some are more important than others and comparing them like they're all the same makes no sense.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Or we're just annoyed with random whataboutisms.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

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

    Imagine if Microsoft required all Software developers to give them 30% of their income or be banned from Windows

    They were replying to the comparison to Windows. What are you on about?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It’s not random. It’s a direct comparison, but people like to pretend it’s not.

    I would argue I should be able to buy any game without Xbox marketplace on it.

    That’s where epic is going next.

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