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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 | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.296s | source
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codedokode ◴[12 Dec 25 17:38 UTC] No.46246465[source]▶
In my opinion, every manufacturer of a programmable device should not be allowed to prevent the buyer from reprogramming it.
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dmitrygr ◴[12 Dec 25 20:21 UTC] No.46248388[source]▶
Perfect. Go take your enthusiasm to John Deere, and the Xbox division.
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bigyabai ◴[12 Dec 25 21:19 UTC] No.46249099[source]▶
No, I think we'll start with Apple and work our way down. Scale is everything when you're concerned about remediating market damages.

John Deere is already subject to extra regulation in Europe; it's only in America that they're allowed to molest consumers in the aftermarket. And Xbox has had sideloading for decades now, in case you were unaware: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/...

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1. dmitrygr ◴[14 Dec 25 01:00 UTC] No.46259864[source]▶
I support apple doing what Xbox does. A separate mode - you can side-load, but you lose all access to appstore and all built-in apps. Enjoy :)