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EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store (www.gamesindustry.biz)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by dwazou@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Fuck the stupid morons who defend Apple.

Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from installing the software they want on their computer.

Imagine if Microsoft required all software developers to give them 30% of their earning or Microsoft will ban them from Windows

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[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

The original argument compares windows to iOS, but gets weaker when comparing windows to macOS, which is still pretty corralled, but more or less open.

I asked about Xbox because Microsoft doesn’t sell a phone, and Xbox is an example of a Microsoft-run closed ecosystem. So I was curious about how their closed ecosystems compared.

If Microsoft sold a phone, I wonder if it would actually be more open like windows and Mac, or closed like their own XBox and the iPhone.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 8 hours ago

Well, they used to sell one, right? Windows Phone used to be a thing. As I recall though, it was equally locked down with an app store as the sole distribution method.