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> So you want Apple to allow spyware on their phones?

Therein is the crux of the matter - it ceased to be Apple's phone the moment they sold it.

In that case, should Nintendo be forced to allow Grand Theft Auto on their console?

Were you okay with them banning Facebook’s VPN app that spied on users?

And yet I said nothing about my agreement or disagreement with decisions like that, merely that a large part of the debate is when Apple's control ends. There is a non negligible portion of people who believe, act as if the device is Apple's, even after sale.

Well. Since Apple’s retention rate is in the high 90s and that there are much cheaper Android alternatives available, maybe iOS users are okay with that....

No. It’s not the crux. It’s still Apple’s app store, GP should have asked “So you want Apple to sell spyware in their store?”

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