Brent has a post today similar in spirit to my own but much more eloquently written.
Just like the sixth finger in an AI-rendered hand, Apple’s policies for Distributing apps in the U.S. that provide an external purchase link are startlingly graceless and a jarring, but not surprising, reminder that Apple is not a real person and not worthy of your love.
We’d all do well to remember that the values Apple espouses are often worthy of admiration – and sometimes love. But the corporation itself and its behaviors are not.