Telegram, Apple, Belarus, and Conflating ‘Irrelevance’ with ‘Inconvenience’
In trying to understand Apple's position on App Store policies, it may help to think of them as a retail store. For example, substitute "Best Buy" for App Store.<p>Can I tell my customers that 30% of the price of their widget goes to Best Buy at purchase? No, that's privileged information in the contract.<p>When my widget is on a shelf at Best Buy, can I advertise a lower price at Amazon.com on the box? No, of course not. They'd never place it on their shelves.<p>If I have to redesign my packaging so Best Buy can put a spider wrap around it, do I get to bitch about that to my customers? Nope, just a cost of doing business. It's "irrelevant" information to the customer.<p>I'm not suggesting this justifies their behavior. It's just an analogy that happens to fit Apple's world view of their App Store.