this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
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A Boring Dystopia
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Wait I don't understand, didn't they do exactly that? Just the pricing was outrageous
No, they are charging the app devs instead of the users directly (who would then be free to use Any app, and the apps would have remained as they were: ad-supported or paid or whatever)