If app devs charge a 30% surcharge for stuff bought on Apple stores vs other platforms I will happily pay. I already pay a premium for Apple products and I’ll happily keep doing that if Apple keeps fighting tracking by ad tech and governments.
Before mobile OS we had a far healthier approach to adware. It was just not accepted on a platform like PCs. This shit did only work because of low-information users that were locked into mobile environments in the first place. In turn, it also slowly infected PCs because expectations were eroded.
Not true. You can charge more for an iOS imitated subscription than a normal one. YouTube Premium does this IIRC. You just can’t say that it’s available cheaper outside the app. It’s scummy, but they don’t restrict you from upcharging
> while making their own equivalent data collection opt-out (vs their competitors' opt-in). Even then, Apple frames their data collection option as "Personalize your experience" while forcing other apps to use the phrase "Allow this app to track you." Apple's own ads product has tripled its market share since this launched.
If that is true, Apple is an exterminator, who wants to exterminate the current residents so they can take up residence themselves.