Wait, what the hell?
I can't believe this, who the hell are they to decide what I should install?
They are welcome to curate their own store, but sideloading concerns only the user.
Hopefully, the EU and other jurisdictions block this.
Fucking corrupt American oligarchs.
You don't know the meaning of the word provincial or do you mean you've never encountered it in this context?
Is it worth checking out the South Park episodes?
They had some really funny episodes in the 2000s. Don't think I've seen anything more recent except for one or two episodes.
Outside of that, a lot of their political commentary felt like word salad from regressive provincial Americans.
Not an Apple user, so I didn't know about this. Extremely disappointing.
It really does seem avoiding any and all American services/products (to the extent possible, with exceptions where reasonable) is the only way forward.
I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that the US is a ethical, cultural and even economic dead end. Yes even economic, only a fool would believe intense corruption and broad support of criminality and corruption among the population will not have any negative effects in the future.