Who would’ve thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU.

Article 5.3 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA): “The gatekeeper shall not prevent business users from offering the same products or services to end users through third-party online intermediation services or through their own direct online sales channel at prices or conditions that are different from those offered through the online intermediation services of the gatekeeper.”

Friendly reminder that you can sideload apps without jailbreaking or paying for a dev account using TrollStore, which utilises core trust bugs to bypass/spoof some app validation keys, on a iPhone XR or newer on iOS 14.0 up to 16.6.1. (ANY version for iPhone X and older)

Install guide: Trollstore

  • @Tja
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    118 months ago

    Because it’s familiar, easy, pretty and does a lot of thinking for you.

    • Einar
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      218 months ago

      Familiar only if you worked with it before.

      Easy… fair enough.

      Pretty… debatable.

      Apple established itself as a luxury brand. So it gives customers this “prestige feeling”. That’s at least my take.

      • @Tja
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        28 months ago

        Yeah, I agree. I used it for 6 months for work and it’s not my thing, but plenty of people seem to love it. I guess the high price is actually a feature.

      • @[email protected]
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        18 months ago

        Think different, but stay the same, In Apple’s world, that’s the game. A touch of irony, don’t you think? In a sea of similar, we all sink.

      • @[email protected]
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        -18 months ago

        I have both an iPhone and a Samsung. Both work well but I still prefer the iPhone though it’s a 6 years old one. I’m not an expert but I feel like every app use more familiar choices for design.