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  • Apple counsel attacks Spotify complaints as 'rumors and half-truths'

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    jonl said:
    battiato1981 said:
    For an ongoing subscription (one year +), 15% sounds about right, 30% sounds high. A one time fee of $1.50 (at the new upcoming 15% rate) is rather low when a long time customer might be spending hundreds of dollars. And at the same time, if a customer should establish an account directly with Spotifys site, and just use the app downloaded at the AppStore to log in to that account, Apple would get bupkis.
    Companies like Netflix, Spotify, etc don't need Apple to facilitate subscription payments. Apple should make it easy for customers to pay what the services actually cost, by making it easy to sign up with the actual providers of the services. This should be the default, because an iOS device is no different than a TV, BD player, or other device on which the apps are installed. These other manufacturers don't have the gall to try to charge a ridiculous tax.

    Now, for customers who actually want to manage their subscriptions through Apple, a small fee would be appropriate. I'd put it somewhere between Apply Pay levels and 1% at the very most for companies that have their own payment processing. Something higher would be appropriate for a developer who doesn't want to process his own payments.

    It is easy to sign up with Netflix, Spotify, whatever outside of their iOS app.  Apple's argument is that if a customer discovers that app and service through the App Store then Apple has helped facilitate that sale, and they get a cut.  What Apple doesn't allow, is a company to put a product on it's shelves with a label telling the customer to buy the product somewhere else, "Don't but it here, buy it direct from us."  No store in the world allows that.
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  • Ad industry complains Apple Safari update is 'unilateral and heavy-handed' against trackin...

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    The ad industry brought this on themselves.  Pop-ups, auto-play videos, cookie tracking, loud audio.  They have been abusing consumers for years.  Like all abusers, they refuse to end their abusive behavior and instead view themselves as the victim.
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  • From X10 to Matter: The smart home evolves again

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    Most of the last section about Thread is wrong. Thread does not communicate over Bluetooth or WiFi, it is a completely different network protocol designed specifically for smart home devices that they can use instead of using Bluetooth or WiFi.

    Also, Thread is not "a common "language" between various companies' devices". That's what Matter is.

    Thread - mesh network protocol - how the messages are sent (such as a letter, email, telephone)

    Matter - communication standard - what the message says, common language for smart home devices (such as English or French), can be sent over Ethernet, WiFi, or Thread
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  • Some US airlines prohibiting use of any Samsung phones in wake of Note 7 recall

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    Can confirm, before I could even check into my flight the Delta employee checking passports asked me if I had a Samsung Note 7.  They also announced it on the flight.
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  • Apple Maps vs Google Maps - smartphone mapping titans battle it out in 2020

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    Apple just added transit directions throughout Germany, France, and Spain.
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  • First 'Planet of the Apps' episode drops tonight, free to watch

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    Still 12 minutes before 9pm PT and Siri search brought it up on my Apple TV, and it already plays.
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  • Apple Maps expanding to more cities & getting multistop routing in iOS 16

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    Wot? No Canada? No Quebec?
    Uh....Apple already announced the Canada expansion at WWDC 2 years ago.

    Canada has had the new maps since 2020, including Look Around coverage everywhere and detailed city maps for Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
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  • Apple celebrates grand opening of first retail store in Mexico

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    Since when are Argentina, Chile and Peru nearby Mexico?
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  • Apple releases tvOS 17.2 with 3D movies and better system navigation

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    dlt said:
    The new sidebar for Apps such as Disney+ sucks. You can see stuff but you don’t have the ability to change users, search movies and shows, etc that you do from the Disney App itself. You have to go all the way to the bottom to find an option to go to Disney +. Easier just to sign in to the Disney + app itself. Other applications are the same way. It was also a lot easier to use the movies and tv individual app themselves rather than the new sidebar option. Maybe the designers should let real users try these changes before forcing on people. 
    What the heck are talking about? The apps are still there, so just keep using the individual apps if that’s what you want.
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  • Netflix versus Apple TV+: how Apple is stealing mindshare in a too crowded streaming marke...

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    blastdoor said:
    I have no idea if ATV+ will ever make sense financially for Apple, but I have come to really love it. They really have some of the best shows. And Netflix isn't nearly as compelling as it once was. Our household needs to take a hard look at our subscriptions and cut some out. There's no way I'd cut ATV+ and Netflix is at the top the list to cut. 

    I would also cut Disney if people would let me, and maybe add Paramount+ 
    Apple TV+ ($50), Disney+ ($80), and Paramount+ ($100) combined are cheaper per year than Netflix ($240).
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