I paid the developer for a license and don't need a special "app store" to use it. What is all this talk about "rules" that specify which binary files I can run on a general purpose machine? Can you sideload apps in iOS?
Oh right. It is the current year again and everyone loves the iPhone because it is shiny, forgot you can install apps on your own, and prefer to have a gatekeeper do it for them. Carry on.
If you were paying attention, you would see that it's completely acceptable for people to sign up for Spotify and pay directly at the Spotify website, and then use the app with that subscription.
Apple is doing nothing to interfere with the scenario that you outline and will happily distribute millions of Spotify binaries in support of that.
I use Aquamail: http://www.aqua-mail.com/?page_id=22
I paid the developer for a license and don't need a special "app store" to use it. What is all this talk about "rules" that specify which binary files I can run on a general purpose machine? Can you sideload apps in iOS?
Oh right. It is the current year again and everyone loves the iPhone because it is shiny, forgot you can install apps on your own, and prefer to have a gatekeeper do it for them. Carry on.