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hexclock said:

dewme said:

1. Apple builds a platform (at great expense).

2. Apple opens up its platform to allow 3rd party content.

3. Third party joins the platform by agreeing to the terms & conditions defined by the platform owner, i.e., Apple.

4. Third party content provider decides they no longer like being treated as a guest in the owner's home.

5. Third party content provider runs crying to their daddy, the EU protectionism squad.

6. Daddy comes over, sues the platform owner, and beats them up with the protectionism stick of justice.

Maybe I'm living in a warped reality, but this is like inviting a guest into your home and then having them sue you because you didn't allow them to sleep in your bed, use your bathroom, soil your towels, play with your dog, drink your booze, or drive your car. The court then intervenes and forces you to grant your "first party" or "owner" privileges to the third party.

There used to be a time when ownership had its privileges. Apparently, or at least within the scope of EU protectionist policies, ownership means nothing. The EU thinks they own it all and the creators, architects, builders, and investors in platforms that cost huge sums of time, money, and resources are there merely to serve the state and its hapless minions who cannot create anything by themselves.

This is nothing more than a culture of pathetic losers.

Socialists don’t believe in private ownership, nor individuality. 

philboogie said:

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Eric_WVGG said:

If Apple is keeping third-party developers out because they want to keep the standards for aesthetics high (my personal theory), the answer is to be very blunt about arbitrary standards for the App Store acceptance. "Faces are accepted on the highly subjective standards of our design department. Most faces will be declined. Spend time developing at your own risk."

StrangeDays said:

rogifan_new said:

The Pro models should have started at 128GB storage.

LOL, same old story. No way. I use iCloud services and aren't even using all of my 64gb, usually somewhere around 50%+. Why on earth should I have to pay for extra storage I'm not using? Not everyone keeps local copies of all our music or photos on-device.