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Ask HN: Why force Apple to make changes when you can just use something else?

2 pointsby 5ESSover 3 years ago
If you don’t like Apple’s payment processing system/ App Store 30% cut, why don’t you just use a different platform? Why should Apple have to be forced by government interference to change its systems to accommodate your demands when numerous competing platforms exist? If you don’t like something, use something else. No one one this planet is being forced to use Apple products or operating system when many alternatives exist.

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gostsamoover 3 years ago
Oh, I didn't know that they are that numerous. Which numerous can you name? How many of them are mature and could be used with the modern expectations for usage with popular apps and services? How many of them have terms that are significantly different from the Apple's ones?
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5ESSover 3 years ago
If someone doesn’t like Apple‘s system, there are at least dozens of different phone manufacturers to choose from. Anti-trust laws are written to bust monopolies, which Apple doesn’t fit the definition of in any way, shape, or form. It is a bad-faith misinterpretation/misapplication of Anti-trust laws. Just because they are a popular choice doesn’t mean that users have no other choice. If you think they are a monopoly it means you think users are forced to use their product and have no other choice. How can anyone say with a straight face that users have no other choice but to use Apple? It’s just objectively incorrect.