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The Internet and the Web are not the same thing. Apple absolutely gatekeeps the ability to run non-HTTP internet connected apps. Your statement that Apple is not a “gatekeeper to any part of the Internet” is simply false.


Oh really? Because this app seems to have good reviews: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/udp-tcp-network-utility/id6569...

So, since UDP is allowed, I'm curious as to what non-HTTP traffic Apple bans apps from using.


You can’t listen for incoming traffic persistently.


Ah, that totally qualifies Apple as a gatekeeper to huge swaths of the Internet on par with Google, Amazon, and Meta.

I hope the DOJ adds this to the list of Apple's transgressions, along with green bubbles making Android kiddies feel bad.




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