Apple was just forced to crack open its App Store — but the changes are already being called ‘hot garbage’::Changes to how apps are distributed on iPhones should be welcomed by developers, but many are unhappy with some describing them as “hot garbage.”
lol, did you not expect them to be as shitty as possible about this? It’s ridiculous that everyone is all, “oh, we’re so shocked they’re doing this! How dare they! Boo hoo!” they do not fucking care.
wtf, did you think you all won and the fight was over? Hahahaha! Apple are assholes, and they are far from done fighting.
idk, everyone is shitting on them but I’m not sure anyone is surprised. If anything, people are surprised with the regulators that didn’t account for that or just turned a blind eye.
I’m not a lawyer, but I think there’s “spirit of the law” in EU, which means that even though Apple technically allowed sideloading, their implementation goes against the INTENTION of the law and is illegal.
They aren’t even allowing sideloading. They are allowing alternative app stores that they approve, and Apple expects a 27% cut from all app sales after it hits a million downloads.
This means that something like F-Droid on iOS wouldn’t be possible due to expense.
Apple isn’t going to let you just download an ipa and install it like you can on Android.
You don’t own the device you paid for (this could be said about most tech products nowadays)
Their malicious compliance and resentful behavior is bad advertisement in any case, both for app developers and for users. Yes, most people don’t care but I hope some will realize who they are dealing with.
While it would be nice to imagine this, the reality is that anyone who is part of the Apple walled-garden isn’t going to suddenly abandon it because of hypothetical functionality they never had previously anyway. And anyone who has resisted Apple this long… Well, there were probably other reasons driving that long before this.
I can’t imagine this having any material impact on marketshare or profit. It will take harsher regulatory action for anything to happen.
It will take harsher regulatory action
Have you seen the maximum penalty for this action? It’s pretty harsh.
“the Commission is also empowered to adopt additional remedies such as obliging a gatekeeper to sell a business or parts of it, or banning the gatekeeper from acquiring additional services related to the systemic non-compliance”
Imagine if they forced Apple to sell their iPhone business. The USA did that once when Ma Bell had a monopoly on phones.
Ridiculous? Of course this is how people should react. If this is NOT the reaction then this kind of shit would be done even more.
I didn’t say people shouldn’t be upset. I just don’t see why anyone is still surprised.
I’m not upset or surprised.
But I do believe Apple has failed to comply with the law, and they either need to start complying or else I’d like to see the EU apply the maximum penalty. Which, by the way, is to split Apple into multiple companies.
Being split up has happened before and it generally doesn’t go well for anyone - it’d be a lot better (including for Apple) if they just complied with the law and stopped being so anti-competitive… but ultimately I’m fine with either outcome.
I’m definitely not ok with things continuing as they are right now… but that’s not going to happen so I’m not putting any energy into that.
However, it said it would limit the changes to the EU because it is “concerned about their impacts on the privacy and security” of users.
What a joke.
This is such a bad look for Apple. Like we get it, you’re a trillion dollar dragon sitting on your horde. But like, dude, innovate instead of sitting there. You shouldn’t be afraid of side loading. Steam has shown that if your experience is the best, you can do fine. Apple just realizes they wouldn’t have the best App Store experience and would lose revenue. Tough shit.
It’s not that Apple wouldn’t have the best app store experience, it’s that they no longer have control over their app store. They’ve always been about control and the illusion of freedom, but devs have grown smarter over the years and concepts such as open source will always win.
No worries. It’s wedding night and Apple is just shy.
