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Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

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432 points nobody9999 | 2 comments | 12 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.432s | source
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css_apologist ◴[12 Dec 25 20:27 UTC] No.46248447[source]▶
when are we going to finally give up on the concept of the app store?

it is not efficient, it doesn't incentivize high quality products, and the web proves that security / safety can be done in an open way.

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johnnyanmac ◴[12 Dec 25 21:42 UTC] No.46249344[source]▶
Apple killed the idea of PWAs being viable, similar to killing Flash. 20 years of vendor lock on will make mentality hard to change.
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1. css_apologist ◴[12 Dec 25 23:21 UTC] No.46250257[source]▶
.. or enforcing & updating anti-monopoly policies
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2. johnnyanmac ◴[13 Dec 25 00:24 UTC] No.46250709[source]▶
This case is more of a "lead a horse to water" situation. Even if Apple fully opened up PWAs there'd only be a small trickle of them as people developed to norms.

Its still worth pursuing. Hut the effects may not be what we desire.