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As long as I have to pay Apple a yearly developer fee so that I can load my own software (that no one else will use) on to 'my' phone, it does not belong me. Yes I know you can reload it every week. Not my phone.

I do not understand why Microsoft stepped out of the mobile market.

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This is apart of why I use Android.

It's understood that you can install random APKs from anywhere. As a hobbyist developer, I want to be able to set up a GitHub pipeline and then just download my APKs from that without fighting Apple or paying for an Apple developer account.

I'm actually open to buying an iPhone as well, iPhones are much better when it comes to music production, by understand I have to abide by Apple's rules and not be able to install my own software.

What kind of music production do you do on an iPhone?

Korg Gadget 3 is very good for making hip hop, trip hop or other sample based music. I guess this might include trance and EMD.

With an iPhone 15 you could probably hook up a full blown audio interface and record lyrics as well.

> I do not understand why Microsoft stepped out of the mobile market.

Because they failed. And not just once!

It's a pity really. The phones were quite good. But they failed for the exact issue under discussion: app store compatibility! They didn't have access to either Android or iOS apps.

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