I think I agree with Epic
I understand the argument, but Apple isn't paying reverse engineers to review every submission. They have someone who has to review 20 apps an hour run it an emulator and skim for porn and trademark violations, no?
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Replying to @taviso @matthew_d_green
The AppStore does two things, (a) it establishes a contractual relationship, that can be used to sue a perpetrator, not on criminal grounds, but on contract breach grounds (b) allows for apple to revoke the application.
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Replying to @migueldeicaza @matthew_d_green
Those things are possible without an appstore too, but the point Epic are making is that it's optional, not mandatory on macOS, so why shouldn't it be on iOS...and I think I agree?
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Quite a journey from Mono-era you!
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I am the frog boiling: https://tirania.org/blog/archive/2013/Mar-05.html …
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What's interesting to me is that on the present trajectory (China pressing multinationals for unambiguous support), we're a few months away from it being ethically untenable to buy Apple stuff anymore. Thank god they filled it with bugs and misdesign to make the transition easier
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Replying to @Pinboard
Yeah, that market is big enough. And we just saw Russia flex their muscle, and force Apple to preload apps.
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Replying to @migueldeicaza
It's not the market but the supply chain that's the vulnerability
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Replying to @Pinboard
I do not follow, can you explain? I think I missed something.
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I mean they build all their stuff there, and if China demands an unequivocal public statement of support (or that they include a tuft of genuine Xinjiang cotton in every iPhone) they can't refuse
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