> I see no evidence that this harms consumers at all. Quite the opposite.
Then you are blindfolded. Many companies refuse to build for ios or charge more because of it. This isn't theory, it's fact supported by those companies and even the smallest amount of applied reason.
> I like the walled garden and have no interest in it going away. I like that my mom can install apps and not worry about them spying on her.
Apple is spying on you. Perhaps you missed the bit where they phone home with every app that you open, thereby fingerprinting and tracking you.
> I like that developers aren’t allowed to use their own payment processors. I don’t want to input my credit card into your black box payment system that might or might not charge me correctly.
This is a nice feature, but consumer choice exists. don't like it, don't use apps that require a different payment processor.
> I see that it does harm developers, but that’s a different conversation entirely.
It's really not. If the people making the apps lose, that's a problem.
> If you want to install whatever apps you want, buy an android phone! And have fun while their bloat ware and preinstalled crap spams you with notifications and scams you.
No thanks, I like my apple integrations but I also want to install what I want.
Then you are blindfolded. Many companies refuse to build for ios or charge more because of it. This isn't theory, it's fact supported by those companies and even the smallest amount of applied reason.
> I like the walled garden and have no interest in it going away. I like that my mom can install apps and not worry about them spying on her.
Apple is spying on you. Perhaps you missed the bit where they phone home with every app that you open, thereby fingerprinting and tracking you.
> I like that developers aren’t allowed to use their own payment processors. I don’t want to input my credit card into your black box payment system that might or might not charge me correctly.
This is a nice feature, but consumer choice exists. don't like it, don't use apps that require a different payment processor.
> I see that it does harm developers, but that’s a different conversation entirely.
It's really not. If the people making the apps lose, that's a problem.
> If you want to install whatever apps you want, buy an android phone! And have fun while their bloat ware and preinstalled crap spams you with notifications and scams you.
No thanks, I like my apple integrations but I also want to install what I want.