... If you interrupt our tool-booth operation, we’ll make you regret it, and we’ll make you pay. Don’t resist, just let it be.

Let’s hope the #EU doesn’t just let it be.

#DavidHeinemeierHansson #Apple #Monopoly #AssholeCompanies
https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-s-new-extortion-regime-to-keep-big-app-makers-d4d03ea9

Apple’s new extortion regime to keep big app makers

Apple’s recent threat of financial audits for developers who dare link to their own website was a big, revealing moment to a lot of people. Folks who perhaps didn’t think Apple would be “that kind of company”. That they wouldn't so blatantly threaten developers into compliance with such overtly onerous and punitive terms. But they did....

Well looks like I have 24 hours to figure out how the hell I am going to watch #F1 tomorrow because my tv provider no longer has ESPN because of a pay dispute. Lovely. Not what I wanted to have happen this weekend I was looking forward to watching FP3 and quali today #assholecompanies #spectrumsucks #disneysucks
First rule of good customer service: You can choose not to add features or services, but you can _never_ take anything away. #ubuntu #twitter #assholecompanies