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"Requiring an account" means leaning in the Apple/Disney direction - upselling, walled gardens and milking captive customers. Dropping the account requirement is a symbolic (and practical!) step in the other direction, towards using the product as a tool.

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That's fair, so is the outrage focused on Microsoft because they are a "more" open system without the app store being the default method of installing apps?

I guess I'm wondering why Apple and Google don't get the same pushback?

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