alt Hacker NewsApple requires Developers to use AppStore with their App alongside threats to withhold their App if they don’t comply.
Just an example… and yes, I know the EU ruling but it’s still fitting.
Apple requires Developers to use AppStore with their App alongside threats to withhold their App if they don’t comply.
Just an example… and yes, I know the EU ruling but it’s still fitting.
The crucially important subtlety here is that Apple requiring developers to use the App Store doesn't leverage an existing monopoly (like what Microsoft had with Windows).
Compare the games console market. Nintendo is allowed to say you have to go through them to sell games for the Switch, ditto Microsoft with the Xbox. Sony doing the same thing with the Playstation is exactly equivalent, but they're approaching the sort of market dominance where it might soon be illegal for them (and them alone) to do that in some markets.