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    No no no. Brazil forced Apple to open it’s devices to third party options. Apple folded because it had no choice.

    (Of course it could leave Brazil, but then shareholders would sue the execs for basic incompetence or whatever, and win, of course.)

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    will let

    This implies there was a choice. I’d’ve been glad for a “must let” headline.

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    Man i feel like if Apple opened up their systems, it would barely affect revenue, and would make android much less appealing. proper sideloading and full control over the OS would genuinely remove a lot of barriers for hardcore android users to move to ios.

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    I don’t really want side loading, I just want, as a foreign that frequently goes to Brazil, to be able to install apps from the Brazilian AppStore. I can’t use many apps because they’re not in my AppStore. It seems side loading is a possibility.

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        Yeah. It’s super annoying when visiting a foreign country and you want to install an app for a local transport provider. If they haven’t made their app available globally you just can’t install it.

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          Or for expats who buy a phone in their new country and cant access their apps anymore. Even worse as more businesses require the use of their app for certain things and don’t offer a web app.

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        25 days ago

        I imagine they use this as a way of removing an app from a country that forbids it. But also, I think you, as a dev, pay more if you want your app in all AppStores. As other said, transport app, food delivery and other services are a pain to have if they’re not available in your country’s AppStore.

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    25 days ago

    Still got the onerous signing procedure that still makes devs pay a tithe to Apple like in other markets I assume?

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      Nope. It’s physical location, and in Europe, you have to verify your physical location every so-many days.

      I was going on vacation to Europe so I was going to try it, but my trip got cancelled.

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    With a fine of ~$27 million, I think they’ll just pretend to be working on it, get the “good guys, complying with legislation and opening up the platform”, not do it (or at least, not in any satisfactory way), and pay the fine, if it gets applied.