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Look, I appreciate what Canada is doing but Cory (@pluralistic a Canadian himself btw) offers a much better way to retaliate:

"What's standing in the way of a Canadian industrial policy that focuses on raiding the sky-high margins of American monopolists with third-party add-ons, mods and jailbreaks?

Only the #IP laws that Canada has agreed to in order to get tariff-free access to American markets. You know, the access that Trump has promised to end..." (cont)

pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/bea

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Canada shouldn’t retaliate with US tariffs; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 6 – CONCLUSION) (15 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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@joeo10 @pluralistic The European Union already forced Apple to allow users the installation of apps from alternative marketplaces.

But I don't know, what actual conditions developers have to consider when apps are installed from an alternative marketplace.

But grab them by the money.

support.apple.com/en-us/117767

Apple SupportInstalling apps through alternative app distribution in the European Union - Apple SupportIf you're based in the European Union, you can install apps from sources other than the App Store on your iPhone with iOS 17.4 or later, or your iPad with iPadOS 18 or later.

@db_geek @joeo10 @pluralistic There was a really good talk on this at FOSDEM this weekend. As could probably be predicted, it's not as easy as you'd really want... https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5488-a-free-software-app-store-for-ios-the-app-fair-project-s-perspective-on-the-dma/

(Sadly the video is still being processed, should be there in a few days)

fosdem.orgFOSDEM 2025 - A Free Software App Store for iOS: the App Fair Project's perspective on the DMA