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osnews
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App store competition targeted by bipartisan senate bill
Their legislation would bar the companies from certain conduct that would tend to force developers to use their app stores or payment systems. It also would obligate the companies to protect app developers’ rights to tell consumers about lower prices and offer competitive pricing. It would effectively allow apps to be loaded onto Apple users’ devices outside of the company’s official app store. There’s so muc ... ⌘ Read more
prologic
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@osnews This is fantastic news!!! cc @markwylde
prologic
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@osnews This is fantastic news!!! cc @markwylde
jlj
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@prologic @osnews @markwylde Oh, very positive indeed!
markwylde
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@jlj @prologic @osnews It would be a really good move, but I think Apple will resist this like the plague.

An even better move would be to just keep their Safari browser up to date with the web standards from at least 3 years ago. From my perspective, the only time I ever need an actual App, is for Push Notifications or File API access.

The only reason you should "need" to be in the App Store, is if you want Apple to market your app. If you are happy to market your "app" yourself (by that I mean Progressive Web App), then you shouldn't need Apple.