https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/04/apple-to-request-us-supreme-court-to-reverse-app-store-ruling-in-epic-games-case/
Apple has filed a motion asking the US Supreme Court to reverse a ruling in the Epic Games Case that impacts the iOS App Store.
Really hoping the EU finally forces Apple to open up their devices and we can be done with their nonsense. Let me use real Firefox on my iPad already!
This is not going to be popular but Apple’s walled garden is why I am a customer. The fact that they don’t carry decades of baggage into to their ecosystem is a benefit. Did I hate that I had to leave a perfectly fine 2012 iMac because no more updates and missing features? Sure, but I got a decade out of one computer.
They control the hardware and software in a tightly integrated manner that works great. People who complain about this not being open… you’ve got other options. To me, it’s a product differentiator.
Before someone says I’m not capable of using a “real” OS, I ended up here in 2007 due to OSX with its *nix backend. I started time sharing on a VAX8800, built a career on Sun stuff, jumped to Linux in 1994 doing development (submitted driver updates, FAQs and more). I’ve never looked back and I’m certain I am as efficient and productive as I can be. I use Linux and Windows as well but for different things.
I get your point, but third-party app stores are optional. You can still only download apps from THE App Store.
And I get what you mean, when it comes to the longevity of devices. I feel like this will change in the future, but time will tell.
While I sometimes get annoyed with Apple and the App Store policies, I also view this as a differentiator. It’s arguably more secure. It’s a trade off I can live with.
It will be interesting to see how Apple plays out the third party store.
Apple is legally required by the EU Digital Markets Act to allow 3rd party app stores on iOS by March 2024
Apple just became the first company in history to surpass $3 TRILLION in value. Something tells me you don’t get there unless you’re the type of company that won’t “just stop” lol
You say that as if they’re not constantly breaking records for sales. Clearly, the majority of people are just fine with how Apple is handling things…
The majority really couldn’t care less about any of this; they want their phone to be reliable, predictable and have enough social media apps to let ‘em kill time.
Which is exactly why this makes sense for most people. I trust Apple with my payment info and love that every app doesn’t have its own payment and subscription platform. To me, it’s a huge plus that the experience of making a purchase on the iPhone is identical 100% of the time and is reliable 100% of the time. Epic is just as troublesome when it comes to my trust and the last thing I want is what happened on Steam - the Steam part is awesome but then everyone and their mother wants their own launcher, transaction system, and achievement system. That sucks ass.
From what I’ve seen, most of the people asking for this aren’t even Apple customers; almost like Apple’s target customers couldn’t care less or are against this for the most part, while people who wouldn’t buy an iPhone to begin with are ‘celebrating’ this ‘increase in choice’.
Honestly, though, that’s the majority of arguments against Apple for stuff like this. The “right to repair” stuff is just as bad faith and I say that as someone who mostly supports the concept of “right to repair”. People always bring up Louis Rossman as if he’s some kind of saint as opposed to a business man trying to drive engagement and profits to his business. The guy knows his shit when it comes to repair but then also pretends like every repair store out there can do what he does. He also fakes issues and ignores when people call him out on them.
The entire problem with his schtick, and I say this with all respect to him, is that he wants to open things up for his own business and doesn’t care if the rest of the repair shops of the world use shitty components or do shitty work just because he doesn’t. He lives in NY and can charge whatever he wants for individual repairs. Most people and most shops can’t.