Meson

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

Apple should just. let it crash and burn.

And them make a detailed video campaign about how the EU is taking away users freedom to choose a platform that is closed and secure.

I agree!! Apple has always been great at propaganda!

mark fearing said:

rob53 said:

Why does Apple has to have an alternative App Store payment process? When I go to any store, I pay the store. I don't pay the manufacturer of an individual product. I just don't understand why people can't see this. It's Apple's product so you pay Apple. 

Exactly. And grocery stores charge shelving fees based on placement. Yet I haven’t seen the government go after that.

The problem with this analogy is that you can go across the street to another grocery store. You have choices. With Apple, you just have their store and that's it.

Microsoft considers this low risk, because, let's be honest, no serious company is going to run their business on macs.

londor said:

Meson said:

The difference is you can go and buy a game from another store (Game Stop, etc.) and Microsoft doesn't get the 30% commission.

Of course they do, Microsoft gets a cut of every copy of a game sold anywhere whether it's a physical or digital copy. 

You are correct. It seems that Microsoft does take a 15% cut on third-party games sold physically. It still doesn't make it right though.

I'm not against Apple (or Microsoft or any other company) charging fees, but it needs to be reasonable. Charging fees for sales that are not going through your channel seems excessive, and typically the users are the ones who ends up paying for those fees through higher prices. I'm surprised that you seem to support this. The more fees that Apple charges, the more you pay for your apps/games. Developers will eat some of the fees, but they will pass on most of these excessive fees on to you.

spheric said:

So… lots of countries/regions all coming to the same conclusion about Apple's App Store. 

The opinionati on AppleInsider: 

a) EU investigates: Protectionism to cover the fact that they are technologically incompetent! Corruption! 

b) US DOJ investigates: Political activism! 

c) Japan investigates: Revenge for "sliding down" in the tech industry

d) Korea investigates: Corrupt protectionism (also, as seen here: Revenge for "sliding down" in the tech industry — except Samsung is constantly one of the top 2 smartphone manufacturers globally) 

I look forward to many more creative explanations that blame anything but Apple. 

That's why I come here. It's always interesting to see what they come up with next. 

I had someone on here tell me that they're pissed because they'll be given a choice. Go figure.

ericthehalfbee said:

Data that leaves your iPhone doesn’t mean it’s being “collected” by Apple. The article even mentions services like Continuity that require data to be transferred so devices can work together.

Further, data that leaves your device and goes to Apple doesn’t mean it’s being abused (like used for targeted ads).

There’s also a huge difference between data going to a company like Apple and someone like Meta or Google who make 98/80% of their revenue from targeted ads. They need your data to survive. To Apple your data isn’t even pocket change.

According to Statista, Apple's ad revenue is expected to be around $14 billion by 2027. Where do you think Apple is getting this data from to target ads?

I do agree that Meta and Google are crappy companies and their main revenue source is selling your data, but Apple is not completely innocent in this either.

jdw said:

People who go around doing nothing but trashing Apple are trash themselves.  

So basically anyone who doesn't share your opinion are trash. Got it!