uh no, I did not say anything of the sort. Go read any software license over the last 30 years. Almost all say they offer no warranty. If Apple has a bug in their core software, are they liable for support or loss of data? I'm sure they declare they do not: use at your own risk!!!
Bottom line is its my device, I can install whatever software I please and Apple restricting downloads from their own store, "pay our 30% rake", is bullshit. I hope the FCC tears them a new one.
"Apple restricting downloads from their own store, "pay our 30% rake", is bullshit."
So you feel you have a right to force Apple to distribute your software, collect payments for it and pass them on to you, and that they should have no say in whether to provide that service or charge you for it?
Again: you have the right to do what you please. But that doesn't extend to forcing Apple to offer you services they don't want to offer.
I agree with jhancock. I do not want to force Apple into distributing my software. I just want Apple to stop actively preventing me from distributing my software (through my own resources), which is what it is doing with the App store.
If Apple locked down desktop OS X in the same way it has locked down the iPhone, I would switch to desktop linux in a heartbeat.
I did not say Apple should distribute 3rd party software. I said they were restricting downloads. They have become the gatekeeper to software installs on the iPhone. You have to illegally hack your device to get around this.
Bottom line is its my device, I can install whatever software I please and Apple restricting downloads from their own store, "pay our 30% rake", is bullshit. I hope the FCC tears them a new one.