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EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store (www.gamesindustry.biz)
submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by dwazou@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Fuck the stupid morons who defend Apple.

Imagine if Microsoft banned Windows users from installing the software they want on their computer.

Imagine if Microsoft required all software developers to give them 30% of their earning or Microsoft will ban them from Windows

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[–] gray@pawb.social 27 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Steam isn’t a monopoly.

The PC is an open platform, you can use any game store or launcher you want - unlike the iPhone, Android (without sideloading), PlayStation, switch, or Xbox.

[–] 7arakun@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah the comments about Steam being a monopoly are weird to me. Steam has a huge market share, but they don't own the whole market and they don't try to prevent you from buying your games elsewhere. Proton even works on non-steam games. I've used it to play WoW private servers on Linux.

If Valve isn't a pro-consumer company, then I don't know what company could possibly fit the criteria. They're not perfect, but they've earned the trust they have. I'll trust Valve until they give me a reason not to.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

My Samsung phone comes with an alternative android app store pre-installed.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

Ya, but I also installed fdroid pretty easily without the system blocking me.