I'm out of touch: what has Apple done that's anti consumer (that other vendors of hardware and software have not done) and what have they done to alienate devs (that other vendors of hardware and software have not done)?
@aeden Forced all commerce on iOS to pay their 30% cut.
@getajobmike haven't they *always* done that? Did something change recently?
@aeden Sure, but its been anti consumer since always.
@getajobmike @aeden The recent drama has been around some US court cases, Apple got held in contempt of a previous ruling https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/30/apple-app-store-rule-change-appeal/ and is still pulling schenanigans to work around the EU rulings https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/15/apple-warning-icons-on-apps-external-payments-eu/
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