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submitted 8 months ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Why do I have to pay a THOUSAND dollars to install MY APP on MY PHONE, EVERY YEAR!?

[–] bad_alloc@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not really your phone according to most big tech companies

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

You've paid a one time lease to be shoehorned into a monopoly.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

The EU will obviously be drafting a response to the loopholes, and Apple know this, but they also know that that takes time.

This is 100% a "we can fleece customers/developers for another 6-24 months, that's billions in revenue!"

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Great headline pun as a result of British-style grammatical punctiliousness, ngl.