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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
@bramus @owa This forced monoculture of failure benefits only one party: Apple.
By requiring every developer to build native apps through a lack of features and reliability, the App Store maximizes rent extraction.
And by preventing real browser competition, Apple ensures that no competitor can ever displace Safari in practice. Turns out that's worth ~$20BN/yr: