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It's the "poor kid that won the lottery" syndrome: doing things just because they can, hoarding cash, making up stupid rules to see how far people will comply, testing developer's patience at each turn, fearing that the miracle machine might eventually run out of steam if they stop sacrificing expansion slots to the almighty gods of dumbed down design.

It is mildly amusing if your livelihood does not depend 100% on them and you still have interesting platforms to work on (not necessarily mobile).

Apple will hopefully grow out of it and become an adult company: less bullshit, less "geniuses" at the bar, less patronizing.

Google, which is supposed to be a competitor, still takes 30% and you still don't even get a search box in the in-app purchases list...



at least Google doesn't force you to distribute apps on their store.




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