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> Somehow Apple chose a solution which would involve developers giving Apple what is for many people and open source projects a significant sum of money.

Perhaps if the open source community had provided a solution that actually served the needs of end users in this regard, Apple could have adopted it.

> Then, Apple decided to not directly tell Apple users that the thing standing between them and the software they downloaded is that Apple believes the developer needs to give Apple money.

You’ve admitted that they are solving a real problem, therefore this is not an honest representation of what is going on.