[fartcannon]

Apple and its locked down appstore with fees are parasites, too.

[wil421]

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.

[fartcannon]

Apple could provide all that and still have an open platform.

[rattlesnakedave]

Would facebook still distribute through the app store (that enforces these conditions) if they provided an open platform?

Of course not. An open platform would decrease Apple's ability to enforce measures like this, and would be detrimental to my experience as a user.

[fartcannon]

If iOS was truly open, you could run that app in a container like you could on a non-locked down computer. Open is the best of all worlds.

[raxxorrax]

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.

[colinmhayes]

Sure, but app devs can't do that because Apple won't let them.

[colejohnson66]

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