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Would it be OK for Microsoft to prevent Steam from running on Windows because Valve doesn't contribute enough to funding the Experiences and Devices org? I've never really understood why mobile platforms should be different from how we think about desktop ones.


Only Apple is. Android supports alternate app stores, and has done since 2008. Samsung's app store for Android has been running since 2009.


Rainham is East of Telehouse.


Probably referring to https://www.obdev.at/blog/a-hole-in-the-wall - as of 2020

> As it turned out, this behavior is on purpose. There’s an explicit whitelist that allows certain macOS services to bypass any third party firewalls and to communicate on the Internet without being even noticed by the user. A hole in the wall.

Was remediated later, but shows there is precedent.


Ah. That seems far less concerning than the general case.


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