<![CDATA[The year is 2029.]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@_inside/116518779828971699

The year is 2029.

iOS 30 is released and about 42GB of the operating system is code to check which regions the phone is in to nitpick carve-outs from legal requirements to not treat your customers like garbage.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/bf9d9050-7663-4c1b-83b9-f839b389a0ac/the-year-is-2029.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:54:23 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 02:31:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The year is 2029. on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:39:32 GMT]]>These monopolies have real consequences for both business and private apps.

Small businesses that primarily operate a web app can’t afford to build a separate billing infrastructure for maybe just a few customers who would sign up in the mobile app; yet Apple’s App Store requires you to use their billing if they do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116519650751490170https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116519650751490170Tue, 05 May 2026 02:39:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The year is 2029. on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:34:22 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs iOS 30 “Matte Cybertruck”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/flyingsaceur/statuses/116519630461555671https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/flyingsaceur/statuses/116519630461555671Tue, 05 May 2026 02:34:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The year is 2029. on Tue, 05 May 2026 02:34:15 GMT]]>@_inside there’s probably some threshold when Apple will give up, likely if the US ever decides to enact its existing anti-monopoly laws

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116519629974868311https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116519629974868311Tue, 05 May 2026 02:34:15 GMT