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by 015a 1888 days ago
At some point, some large app needs to stand up against Apple. Fortnite was a start, but that's a game; it doesn't "hit home" in Silicon Valley culture.

I still have hope that Facebook will pull something major in response to the ATT changes. To be clear: I support the goals of ATT, and I think Apple is in the right on it. But I think freedom of distribution on iOS is more important than this, and when choosing between Freedom and Privacy (or as our forefathers would say, Freedom and Safety); I will choose Freedom, every single time.

Apple should not be forcing users to choose. There do exist non-resolvable dichotomies when one has to choose, but this is not one of them.

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> it doesn't "hit home" in Silicon Valley culture.

Are people in SV not aware? I was under the impression that they are acutely aware but are being paid gigantic sums of money to put aside any concerns and opinions.

Doesn’t Apple have the freedom to build their OS how they prefer? Just like we have the freedom not to use it.
Fortnite/Epic did. Didn’t work out for them.
Has that been resolved yet?
Still ongoing, and epic are getting some good documents out through discovery, which should help their case, as well as other overseas antitrust investigations.