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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/07/2026

No, Apple does this to protect *you* - from unscrupulous repairers who might install malware on your phone: pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/v... 50/

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Pluralistic: Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) (22 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/07/2026

Apple says it blocks you from installing apps without using its App Store to protect you from *malicious* apps - not to control the app market, where it makes $100b/year on payment processing junk-fees, siphoning off 30% of every dollar you spend in an app: pluralistic.net/2025/05/01/i... 41/

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Pluralistic: Apple faces criminal sanctions for defying App Store antitrust order (01 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/07/2026

Apple's greatest accomplishment isn't technological, it's *psychological*. Apple managed to convince millions of people that buying products from a multi-trillion dollar corporation with close ties to both Trump and Xi makes them members of an oppressed religious minority. 42/

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