Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said Apple's new changes to its App Store in the EU are a "masterclass in distortion."

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says Apple’s new App Store changes are a ‘new low’::Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said Apple’s new changes to its App Store in the EU are a “masterclass in distortion.”

  • grteEnglish
    65·
    10 months ago

    I hear you but Apple’s stance on these issues also stops something like an F-droid Iphone equivalent.

      • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        Don’t think android could get away with doing something like this. The biggest company in the space (Samsung) has been pretty firm and intense about the samsung app store

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        It’s not like the idea of forcing everyone to pay a toll to use their operating system never occured to them. They had Apple to use as an example right from the start.

    • ???@lemmy.worldEnglish
      225·
      10 months ago

      I’m closer and closer to getting rid of all proprietary software/hardware. Waiting patiently for my Sony and Fitbit to die out so I can replace them with literally anything but Android, preferably something that works with GadgetBridge.

      • RodeoEnglish
        71·
        10 months ago

        What replacements are you looking at for the Fitbit?

        • ???@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          10 months ago

          No specific brands in mind but I’m also open for suggestions

          Preferably something with an SDK to be able to add custom functionality

          • RodeoEnglish
            5·
            10 months ago

            Dang I was hoping there was something you could tell me.

            Pinetime (or timeline, can’t remember which) might suit you, but I don’t think it’s ready for me. I don’t want another tinker device, I want something that just works, but I also don’t want a corporate spy device. I think I’m outta luck until pinetime is complete.

            • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
              3·
              10 months ago

              the amazfit bip is nice, if they’re still selling them. I’ve had mine for 4 years now. Transflective screen so the battery lasts a week+, and it works with gadgetbridge so zero cloud phoning-home. Not as many features as a full watchos or wearos watch, but it gives me notifications, and monitors heart rate with zero spying.

              Gadgetbridge is pretty awesome in general btw, it’s a fully open-source, fully offline app for managing and communicating with bluetooth things like smart watches and headphones. It’s on F-Droid.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        10 months ago

        It has always been a possibility but apple’s business model is “be the biggest monopolistic piece of shit possible” so that’s always going to override anything but a law that forces them to not be a monopolistic piece of shit, something the EU attempted here, but apple made sure to find a way to say they’re following the law while simultaneously flouting it as hard as possible

      • grteEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Not these ones specifically but that’s why I said, “these issues.” The way they run their app store and their stance on sideloading is all coming from the same anti-competitive strategy.