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What point did we begin to feel entitled to do whatever we want in someone else's software?

If someone wants to kick you out of there house for no reason, you leave their house. You're not paying to be there, you're not paying to publish there... you have no intrinsic "right" to be there... you were there as a privilege - when it disappears, for whatever reason, there is no reason other than a false sense of entitlement to whine about it...

>>jmcdie+(OP)
>You're not paying to be there

It's not a huge amount, but you do pay to be there. See https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/publish

"Before you publish your first app, you must pay a one-time $5 developer signup fee"

>>jmcdie+(OP)
> there is no reason other than a false sense of entitlement to whine about it

So the rest of us shouldn't be aware of what Google is doing and base our choice of browser on that?

I agree Google, Apple, etc. are absolutely entitled to kick people from their stores for whatever reason they want. But, we should also be informed of this especially when it seems to be based on self interest rather than protecting their users.

>>jmcdie+(OP)
If you act like you're running your house for the benefit of the public, don't be surprised if people get upset when you start throwing out people you don't like.

>>jmcdie+(OP)
The user invited me into their house/onto their device though, so I think we can do better on the analogy front.

>>ebbv+t
The difference comes in the tone...

When the tone is more accusatory than informative, it invites plenty of criticism...