As far as I can tell this basically means that all apps must be approved by Apple to follow their “platform policies for security and privacy” even if publishing on a third party app store. They will also disable updating apps from third party app stores if you stay outside the EU for too long (even if you are a citizen of an EU country, with an Apple account set to the EU region).
The idea that preventing app updates is in line with their claims of protecting security is utterly absurd. “Never attibute to malice what can be explained with stupidity,” but Apple isn’t stupid.
With corporations I feel like the opposite should apply.
The corporation doesn’t love you, nor does it hate you. But you possess economic value, which could be made to belong to the corporation’s shareholders.
For corporations it is, “Never attribute to malice what can be explained by greed.”
For a lot of corporations, malice and greed are pretty much the same thing. When a business decision is justified by “Who cares? Do it anyway.” the distinction is a matter of words, not actions.
Hate that phrase. Great way to excuse malice.
Not so much, it’s more about how desperately stupid people (and companies) can be
A lot of people don’t like to think about just how much malice is involved in everyday life.