Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices that harm developers and consumers | Proton
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Apple's anti-competitive App Store policies are gouging consumers, enabling censorship, and harming privacy-focused developers. We're joining a lawsuit to restore internet freedom.

Earlier today, Proton filed court papers in the US District Court for the Northern District of California to join an existing class-action lawsuit against Apple. Proton is a plaintiff in the case, but we are representing and suing on behalf of a class of similarly situated developers. Challenging one of the most powerful corporations in the history of capitalism is not a decision we make lightly, but Proton has long championed online freedom, privacy, and security, and we believe this action is necessary to ensure the internet of the future lives up to its potential.

  • Supervisor194@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    7 hours ago

    Proton cannot even link to FAQ or customer support pages from its apps, as Apple believes it’s possible that users will then navigate from the support page to a pricing page and upgrade their accounts without paying Apple its fee.

    I didn’t realize this either.

    Yeah, this also is why Apple has been so sluggish on PWAs (and why they won’t allow third party browsers). There is literally nothing that can be done in an app that can’t be done quicker and easier as a PWA these days. But how is Apple going to make any money if you can publish your own app and take your own payments? They would then become a hardware vendor and that would absolutely ruin them as a company.

    Apple will throw everything they’ve got at this to attempt to maintain the status quo.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      7·
      7 hours ago

      There is literally nothing that can be done in an app that can’t be done quicker and easier as a PWA these days

      Hard disagree. I am on Android so I’m not sure if that makes a difference.

      They would then become a hardware vendor and that would absolutely ruin them

      I hope that’s a joke. Airpods could be a Fortune 500 company all on their own.

      • Supervisor194@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        I hope that’s a joke. Airpods could be a Fortune 500 company all on their own.

        No, I was serious, although after looking into it, I am surprised that hardware makes up 72% of their income. Perhaps they could make up the 28% software revenue shortfall with innovative new hardware and still maintain that 3.06T market cap, eh?