• barnaclebutt@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Isn’t this illegal in Europe? Was that the whole point of forcing apple to allow alternative app stores?

    • progandy@feddit.org
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      2 days ago

      Technically, third party app stores are allowed. Developers “only” register with google to receive a developer certificate. Isn’t apple doing the same thing in response to the EU regulations and that has been allowed?

      • Jason2357@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        Seems like a weasel around the requirement to get rid of the actual benefit of 3rd party stores.

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      If you have a Mac, have you ever tried installing an app and have it refuse because it’s not signed by Apple, and then you had to go into settings and click “allow anyway?”

      This is that, except without the allow anyway feature, like iOS. It doesn’t matter if it comes from the play store or elsewhere, as this story originally had us believe.

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        5 hours ago

        It’s because they regularly overstep their bounds and force overseas companies to do things they have no right to make them do, which actively hurt their business. Of course companies are going to do their very best to comply while making it have as little impact as possible!