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Apple announces App Store changes in the EU

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94 points saubeidl | 2 comments | 26 Jun 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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lofaszvanitt ◴[26 Jun 25 20:22 UTC] No.44390917[source]▶
Apple is already a big, festering, malignant growth. The EU needs to jump in with both feet to let all that pus out.
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mslansn ◴[26 Jun 25 21:37 UTC] No.44391720[source]▶
Or maybe don't buy Apple products if you don't like them. Seems that would work fine and you would save some money too.
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lofaszvanitt ◴[26 Jun 25 22:13 UTC] No.44392003[source]▶
I like their products, without all the detours they force on me.
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frizlab ◴[26 Jun 25 23:49 UTC] No.44392589[source]▶
Not how it works though.
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archagon ◴[27 Jun 25 03:25 UTC] No.44393444[source]▶
It's OK, we'll make it how it works through legislation.
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frizlab ◴[27 Jun 25 12:29 UTC] No.44396283[source]▶
Why? On what grounds? “Oh they are too powerful, I don’t like what they do! Let’s legislate!”

It’s honestly pathetic. You don’t like it you don’t buy it, period.

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1. saubeidl ◴[28 Jun 25 09:30 UTC] No.44403368[source]▶
How is that pathetic?

In a democracy, power comes from the people and not from the profit motives of a private entity. It is well within the right of the people to vote to curtail capitalist excesses.

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2. frizlab ◴[30 Jun 25 05:05 UTC] No.44419616[source]▶
Believe it or not, some people (at least me) want the closed ecosystem. It’s literally one of the reasons why I buy that stuff. And now it’s being ripped out of my products just because the people cannot be fathomed to understand what they buy. It’s pathetic.