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stalfosknightyesterday at 6:51 PM1 replyview on HN

It's a bit silly to call it a monopoly.

No one is forced to choose an iPhone over the many many Android alternatives.


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bigyabaiyesterday at 8:35 PM

But when you're forced to choose the App Store over the many many alternative .ipa distributors, it's perfectly logical and fair?

Android is a hardware alternative - Apple needs upward pressure to make their services competitive. If you use a Mac this is already obvious, you can't buy industry-standard software on the App Store. They all avoid it like the plague when given the opportunity, and Apple deliberately closes this escape hatch on iOS. Apple has known the App Store isn't good enough for over a decade.

It is an arbitrary and deliberate protectionist monopoly of app distribution. How many trophies does Tim Apple need to give Trump before people get the hint?

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