the bigger view is that this is horrific. it's ghastly. it's a prison of thought/control imposed on most people.
The bigger issue with Apple is their 30% cut on nearly all transactions that happen on apps acquired through the App Store.
I think a fair compromise might be 30% on the first month of a new subscription, followed by 2.5% on subsequent months. That way Apple gets their initial cut for providing the ecosystem and app store exposure, followed by a very small cut on top of the usual payment processing fees.
Having just moved from android to iphone, what a load of horse shit. I willingly choose to be in Apple's ecosystem. That control is not imposed, it is given (and can be taken away at any moment by me simply turning off my iphone and not using it again).
I have thoughts about the restricted nature of the hardware, but that's a different discussion to the openness of the software ecosystem.
no, this is horseshit. don't call me horseshit.
> I willingly choose to be in Apple's ecosystem.
apple is the only "general purpose computing" system on the planet that allows apps but only their approved apps, approve connectivity. this this is, as you say, a load of horse shit. i reassert:
> it's a prison of thought/control imposed on most people
as I said I think freedom costs nothing. what you say offers no counter, no reposte, no reply to this.
you can defend the jailers but I'm not sure why you would? why benefit do you see in keeping such immense gates? why raise the drawbridge so high? why the desire to tell people to buzz off, get the frag out if they don't like it? i don't get any of this attitude, this corporate-punk anti-individual spirit. why must this be zero-sum, you and apple teaming up versus choice, freedom, & capability? you're not the only one- there's an active, hating, negative crowd, booing & downvoting capability & choice. in this one circumstance. it's a wild call, such a call to prevent. unfathomable to me.
everything about this yearn to control & reduce & assert authority feels like manufacturing consent. for control. for fascism. it's hard to figure out what genuine earnest positive intent it could have.
> Just join the Android ecosystem then
just stop being intollerant to other options. Apple: stop putting your way of the high way as the only acceptable choice on Apple.
this is a machiavellian demand, to constrain a general purpose computer's internet connectivity so.