[metalgearsolid3]

This should be an unpopular opinion but I kind of respected Apple's previous stance, and I'm in a way a bit disappointed they've backed down, but I think they've needed to because they are moving too quickly.

5 years from now we'll likely see Apple Silicon powering Apple's entire new product lineup, and Swift developers will be deploying software across the entire product lineup with minimal effort. Swift is both quick and safe, so we can hope these new softwares will be both fast, secure and free of critical bugs.

This to me is a really interesting and appealing alternative to the frustrating world of slow web apps that invade your privacy and fill your computer with bloat. I don't see Apple's previous stance as being greedy about obtaining a 30% cut, rather it is about trying to bring to fruition a vision of the future where users can perform their computing needs with fast and secure native apps. I hope we don't legislate away such a reasonable opportunity for people to be freed from Google and Facebook invasion.

[chromedev]

Google allows you to install apps outside the app store and Android is open source

[Google234]

People can use google then. The vast majority of people around the world use android

[chromedev]

So people don't need to be freed from Google then, they need to be freed from Apple.

[scarface74]

They can be, they can buy an Android.

[rangoon626]

The native Facebook app is 250 MB.