This ridiculous EU and UK bullying nonsense will absolutely stop under the Trump Administration. Biden did nothing to protect our companies. Beat Apple with innovation not with govt bullying. Stop whining and get to work.
I guess you’re behind in the news. The UK left Europe several years ago.
I'm pretty sure the UK is still in Europe, and will be for as long as the continents are defined as they are.
The App Store is an Apple product. Saying that Apple has a monopoly on it is like saying that Ford has a monopoly on the F-150.
The Mac is also an Apple product. Think of it this way, let's assume that the next version of Mac OS would only allow you to download and install apps that are held within the App Store and that any app that they do not want you to have was now forbidden. I suspect that you'd be very angry about that, you might even abandon the platform.
The only reason that you are not up in arms about the iPhone not offering alternatives for software distribution is that with iOS, that's always been the only way.
I don't doubt that there are security and quality assurance benefits to iOS remaining closed, personally I'm not even against it remaining closed. I do, however, feel that Apple's greed here is causing them far more trouble than it is worth and they will ultimately have to open up iOS, all of which could have been avoided had they just looked for a 10% fee over the current 30%.
…and they’re still not a monopoly.
Way back in 2020 or 2021, Charles Arthur* wrote in regards to Apple's "monopoly" on the App Store; "a market defined as iOS App Stores is absurd on its face”. Everything since is just more absurdity.
Apple could well close down the Mac. It's their product. It's their *right*. And if they did, you'd probably still be able to compile and install your own programs, just like you can on the iPhone.
As for "Apple Greed", when Apple started the App Store, few software developers could even dream of seeing 70% of sales. And today most of them see 85%.
* Charles Arthur is the UK author of “Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet”, and ex technology editor for the The Guardian.
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Way back in 2020 or 2021, Charles Arthur* wrote in regards to Apple's "monopoly" on the App Store; "a market defined as iOS App Stores is absurd on its face”. Everything since is just more absurdity.
Apple could well close down the Mac. It's their product. It's their *right*. And if they did, you'd probably still be able to compile and install your own programs, just like you can on the iPhone.
As for "Apple Greed", when Apple started the App Store, few software developers could even dream of seeing 70% of sales. And today most of them see 85%.
* Charles Arthur is the UK author of “Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet”, and ex technology editor for the The Guardian.