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App Tracking Transparency causing 15% to 20% revenue drop for advertisers
It is actually quite amazing that they feel like they are entitled to our data without consent. The only folks they should blame are themselves. They built an entire industry on maliciously targeting folks without their consent and now they are pissed that they can’t keep violating our privacy.auxio said:It's amazing the sense of entitlement these companies have.
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Senate lawmakers introduce bill targeting Apple App Store, Google Play
This is the most infuriating thing about this stuff. TELCOs are way more corrupt than the App Stores and the issues affect every American. It is also something that everyone agrees is hurting competition.mark fearing said:Here come the idiots…They ignore the monopoly Straus oil companies have enjoyed for 70 years and go after app market places. They ignore the monopoly status of cable providers, the consolidation of media markets and go after…app stores.
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Spotify speaks out against Apple's 30% commission fee -- again
Spotify chose a loss-leading industry and is scapegoating iOS. They pay less to artists, overspent on podcasting, and are using the government to coverup their poor decisions.
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Usual suspects complain about App Store price hikes outside US
Honestly, Tim is full of it. I was a huge fan of Epic’s work, especially Unreal Engine. They were genuinely an incredible company. Then, Epic took money from Tencent, benefitted from the App Store when they launched Fortnite, and then they got greedy and wanted to replace the App Store after they saw how profitable it could be.CheeseFreeze said:
Problem is, there are only two landlords to pick from!mike1 said:
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney added his own comments to the mix. He compared Apple to a landlord adjusting rent without giving tenants any say in the matter or anywhere else to go.
"Developers don't want to raise their app prices in the EU and UK," Sweeney said in a follow up tweet. "Consumers don't want app price increases in the EU and UK. Central banks fighting inflation don't want app price inflation."What a moron.Does your landlord ask for your input before raising your rent?!
ps: that “moron” is a billionaire with an amazing set of companies under his belt. Cut the juvenile behavior please.
Funny how Epic never talks about the duopoly in console gaming or how addictive their games are. Funny how they contort themselves into advocating for consoles to be locked down. Look - If the argument is that “I paid for my iPhone, I should be able to do whatever I want with it,” then that goes for the console that I paid for as well.Frankly, the biggest gaming companies, especially Epic with Fortnite, are the reason that in-app purchases, subscriptions and micro-transactions are a thing.
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Wedbush calls Cook 'Hall of Fame CEO,' says no layoffs coming
It’s a complicated subject. Unions don’t always benefit union members and are ripe for corruption. Having a union doesn’t guarantee better performance for the company or the employee. There are a ton of trade offs. I know plenty of folks that are in various unions and the results greatly vary.robin huber said:Now, if he could just “think different” about unions.One could argue that Apple employees benefit from the stability that Apple is providing with how leadership is running the company, especially in the current economic climate. That was also true during the recession. Apple did better than most. That being said, they have certain blind spots when it comes to remote employees, and a couple other areas. It isn’t black/white. There’s a lot of gray. We are dealing with human beings and human beings don’t always act altruistically.
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Japan law will require Apple to allow alternate iPhone app stores
What if someone I interact with has my confidential information on their phones and now I’m screwed? Others doing knuckleheaded things isn’t isolated to their devices.eriamjh said:Users will happily GIVE questionable apps their private information to run something “forbidden”.I say let them. You can’t protect the idiots from themselves.Just set a flag on their phone that says “this loser installed outside apps” and have any support say “the only fix is to wipe your phone”.
Put it in the T&C next to the human centipede agreement. Done. Hands washed. Move on.
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Spotify speaks out against Apple's 30% commission fee -- again
I totally agree. I wonder how the economics will materially change if they don’t have to pay Apple’s fees. The vast majority of their user base isn’t subscribed through the App Store and podcasts aren’t an actual success.genovelle said:
They created the loss-leader streaming model and then sold their souls to China and the record labels. Now they are complaining.foad said:Spotify chose a loss-leading industry and is scapegoating iOS. They pay less to artists, overspent on podcasting, and are using the government to coverup their poor decisions. -
Preorders for iPhone 14 Pro lineup strong, iPhone 14 Plus weak
The cameras are better, a little bit better battery life, the bigger phone is something that will catch on, etc. The reality is that most buyers of the regular iPhones won’t be upgrading and for others, it will be their every 3-4 year upgrade this go around.maury markowitz said:I cannot fathom any reason for buying a 14 (non-Pro). It is the 13 with satellite coms (but only with no trees!) and crash detection. That is not worth $100. -
Arizona bill that could force Apple App Store to allow third-party payments one step close...
That and the fact that Sony invested $250 million into Epic. Why would Epic mess with their own shareholder.randominternetperson said:
The only reason they were excluded is that Epic doesn't care about those platforms, so they excluded them from their legislation to avoid having Sony and Microsoft oppose it as well.danvm said:
The thing is that consoles don't force customers to digital purchases. MS, Sony and Nintendo consoles still have support for physical media. Maybe that is one of the reasons they were excluded. From a developer POV, I think there is no difference between the iOS / Android digital store and a console digital store.foad said:
You are forced to use Sony and Microsoft’s distribution methods for digital purchases though. So if you buy the digital versions of the Xbox or the PS5, you’re required to use their payment methods and you can’t build in an alternate payment flow. The initial versions of these bills were pushing for alternate App Stores and still had the carve out for game consoles. Heck - Epic’s suing to get an alternate App Store. They state it in their filings. The reason they keep calling it a “tax”, is because legislators and users have a very specific reaction to the word. They explicitly ignore what they get out of using the platforms. These companies have the expectation that Apple and Google should develop the APIs that they hook into for free.danvm said:All this stuff is just a money/power grab. Let’s take Spotify. Where is their supposed harm? They are the biggest streaming service by a long shot - and still growing at a crazy clip. They have been able to buy up all these various companies and now are becoming a dominant player in the podcast market. Tencent/Epic are two of the largest games companies in the world. Epic steals content constantly that gets put into Fortnite and they fight tooth and nail to not pay the original content creators. I can keep going on, but this isn’t about “app fairness”. It’s about future dominance.
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Apple refuses to back GOP convention because of Trump politics
Not supporting Trump, doesn't mean supporting Hillary. Those two things are mutually exclusive.tyler82 said:But they support Hillary who has raised millions through the Ckinton foundation from Saudi Arabia, where they stone gays to death?
