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Apple’s plan: Stall, cheat, repeat
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On machines where it's trivial to do so (such as pcs), how many real life users (as opposed to forum haunting online geeks) will install another os?
How many real life users are going to install software from somewhere other than the built in app store on their phone?
Opening the phone to other app stores is just the first step. The second is letting the user choose an app store when they first start their phone similarly to how they already enforce browser choice.
-WhatsApp is now exclusive to the Meta iOS App Store.-
That many real life users.
It's not that trivial