jdw

The following article summary say it all more clearly...

Judge Gonzalez Rogers frequently expressed frustration and skepticism while questioning Matthew Fischer, the Apple executive responsible for the iPhone app store. Her questions conveyed concerns that Apple's compliance efforts were more focused on protecting its profits than facilitating more accessible access to alternative in-app payment options, as her order intended.

"We are running a business," Fischer remarked.

The judge is wrong.  Fischer is right.

Apple has every right to earn profits, exactly as it has been doing.  Some Apple developers are simply wanting judges to take away more profits from Apple so those profits can be handed over to themselves.  These loudmouthed developers have been working hard over the past few years to convince judges like this one that Apple isn't deserving of all the profits Apple works so hard for.  There's nothing that is overly complex or confusing to the consumer.  If anything, intelligent consumers who hold AAPL stock are rewarded every quarter when Apple pays them a dividend.  The only confusing thing is why so many in seats of power want to shift profits from Apple to a select few loudmouthed developers.  It really doesn't benefit the consumer at all in the end.

One thing rings true.  If you work hard to build a successful business, a lot of seedy people will target you.  Some in seats of power, like this judge, will harm the business in the name of consumer advocacy.  In the end, businesses that survive these never-ending attacks must fight with all their might.  But the more they fight, the more cost they incur, and the more consumers end up paying in the end. 

Stabitha_Christie said:

jdw said:

Silly reactions like that only make me think creatives are a bunch of crybaby wimps.  Chin up and be a man!  It's an ad made for shock value.  If anything, it worked by waking sleeping people up and capturing their attention.  Capturing attention is the aim of any great ad.  It clearly succeeded.  But had it been something more soothing to fondle the delicate sensibilities of those ever complaining creatives, it probably would have only worked to put them all to sleep.  And people would have then complained that Apple isn't exciting enough.  In the end, the moral is clear.  PEOPLE NEED TO ZIP THE LIP AND STOP COMPLAINING!  That alone would make this world a vastly better place.

The cognitive disconnect that it takes to write a post complaining about people complaining is astounding. 

But interestingly, you complained about my complaint, and here we are.  You did nothing to stop the cycle.  And now I am complaining about you.  That is why I spoke truth.  Complaining is a disease like cancer that is hard to kill.  But it should nevertheless be our goal to at least try.  My post makes a step toward that.  Yours does not.  So there is the most glaring disconnect of all.

Just as the Apple Watch is largely for people who love to exercise and work out, the iPad is made especially for creatives who like to draw with the Apple pencil.  I used to think my iPad was more of a content consumption device, where I could watch videos.  But these days, I prefer my 16" MBP for its larger screen for content consumption, AND it is a work machine too!

iPadOS is only a tiny bit more functional and useful than iPhone's iOS, which has me turning to my Macs far more often than every before to get things done, which either can't be done on iPad or can't be done as efficiently.  As a result, our family doesn't use iPad much at all anymore, turning either to an iPhone or Mac instead.

In light of this, whether one model iPad eats into the sales of another matters little.  It's almost laughable to even talk about that when iPad's other problems are so enormous.

I want to love the iPad, but iPadOS and limited number of Pro apps which actually enable me to do real work cause me to use a more functional device like my Macs.  Until Apple addresses this, it makes no sense for our family to have an iPad, be that Pro or the Air.  And this isn't my feeling alone.  One of the biggest tech YouTubers out there Marques Brownlee basically said the same thing in his recent video coverage of the new iPads.  And he's not the only tech YouTube who has said that either.

Some people love their iPads and use them even more than Macs.  More power to those people!  But to reach a wider audience, even among loyal Apple device lovers, Apple has much more work to do on the iPad.  And that goes far beyond worries over which iPad model eats into the sales of another.

Silly reactions like that only make me think creatives are a bunch of crybaby wimps.  Chin up and be a man!  It's an ad made for shock value.  If anything, it worked by waking sleeping people up and capturing their attention.  Capturing attention is the aim of any great ad.  It clearly succeeded.  But had it been something more soothing to fondle the delicate sensibilities of those ever complaining creatives, it probably would have only worked to put them all to sleep.  And people would have then complained that Apple isn't exciting enough.  In the end, the moral is clear.  PEOPLE NEED TO ZIP THE LIP AND STOP COMPLAINING!  That alone would make this world a vastly better place.

I live in Japan.  It's now May 4th as of this writing.  So if you folks living in the past (e.g., in the USA) want to know the future, just ask.