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Apple admits third-party App Stores in Europe are inevitable (appleinsider.com)

submitted 2 years ago by FollowingFeisty5321@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] nemesit@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Third party app stores might even be ok if and only if the software manufacturers would be required to also offer their software in the official apple app store so users can chose between walled garden or a bit cheaper insecure shithole

[–] DontBanMeBro988@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That defeats the entire point

[–] nemesit@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

No it prevents custom drm a la adobe and abusing user data etc etc so the users who don’t care can go to the third party store and the ones who do can use the stuff without the added garbage

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