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Odd that Apple gets a veto over what can go into a third-party app store.


Almost as if the third-party app store is not really an independent third party.


It's not that odd considering that they made their approval aka notarization an explicit requirement for non-App Store apps. They also have that same veto power for all apps on macOS, although tech savvy users can bypass that veto.


> they made their approval aka notarization an explicit requirement for non-App Store apps

I mean, okay, but that's just another thing that seems odd. I don't know why anyone is calling it a "third party" app store in that case.


Why do you think it odd? It makes total sense to me that they decide what software is allowed on their device.


I can't believe some people think this way. When did MY phone become THEIR device?


As long as I've had a phone - which is over 50 years now - it has been "their device".


Whose device is it again? It doesn't belong to the person who paid for it? Are computers a subscription product now?


shhh, don't put it in writing like that.


It is not their device... Or at least it should not be.


It stops being their device once they sell it to you.


> It makes total sense to me that they decide what software is allowed on their device.

What do you mean their device?

If they gift it to me for free, ok it is their device.

If I buy it, it is MINE and only I must be able to control what runs on it.


> their device.


I don't like this PC as a service era.


Did you read this comment twice yourself to see the problem?




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