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by NicoJuicy 4713 days ago
Their not going to ban Chrome, they will just wait 6 months to approve every update in the app store.

Like what they did with Google Now for iOS (the Siri competitor): http://www.geek.com/apple/google-now-for-ios-is-ready-but-ap...

They have always been good at sneaky stuff, like making iTunes slow for Windows... Then it's Windows fault :-) http://apple.slashdot.org/story/13/05/15/0126252/itunes-stil...

And using an older webkit if a website is launched from the homescreen, so people would prefer native apps instead of websites. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/15/performance-of-web-apps-...

It's all about the experience of the user and apple knows that. In all the above stories, it's about bringing a bad experience to the end user and frustrating them, if they aren't doing it the "apple way".

Or just censoring it, if they have to..

I probably had one of the first iPhones and iPod's and as soon as i realized at what sort of company i gave money to.

I switched to Google. Never had any regret.

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I've been planning to switch to Google for a while now (both as a consumer and as a dev).

The lack of apps had been a valid issue for me, but thankfully the Play store has mostly caught up the AppStore. I'll still have an Apple device (stability, better camera, etc) though.