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As a developer, you can use whatever payment processor you like and keep all profits yourself all whilst targeting every iOS device right now….no legislation needed. Progressive Web Apps (PWA’s) are supported both on iOS and Android. This gives deve…
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zimmie said: SpamSandwich said: larryjw said: Cryptocurrencies are the biggest delusions on planet today. One might counter argue that fiat currencies are the biggest delusion on the planet. All paper money not backed by somethi…
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tundraboy said: Besides, why would Apple, or any other private company, want to promote a currency and technology that enables drug dealers, cyber criminals, tax evaders, terrorist organizations and all other sorts of nefarious characters?…
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It’s a really good story until you get to the part that Epic only had side loading of Fortnite on Android in the early days to avoid paying Google. The problem was, not many users wanted to side load so Epic relented and placed the App on the Play S…
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killroy said: "Developers will also be required to ask a user for consent before obtaining their location" That old bugaboo, consent. There goes find my wife or find my 16 year old kid. You can do that easily if they all have iOS devices…
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It’s not a fraudulent transaction when a person charges their own credit card for a gift card regardless of whether it was under duress. I guess this is why they are not going to the banks to do a chargeback. If buying the gift card directly from A…
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The better analogy is trying to get your product stocked in a retailer such as walmart, costco or target for example. Here, the retailer typically takes 60% and you take the remaining 40%. Not only is Apple the distributor, but the retailer, payment…
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In regard to the original post, I’m not sure that you have a real point. Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus and Spotify all have In App Purchasing. As an Apple user, I choose Apple exactly because I can purchase and sign up for subscriptions directl…
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OutdoorAppDeveloper said: It's not about the developer fee. It's about Apple having absolute control over what users are allowed to do with the devices they own. As someone who started programming on micro computers decades ago, I find this c…
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Nekminit..... no $99 annual fee but Xcode now costs $600 as an initial purchase + $99 fee to update to the latest SDK's annually.
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My concern is that these 3rd party apps store your email credentials on their servers as well as acting as a relay for your messages/ attachments, which now becomes another giant honey pot of user data. This made things particularly difficult as my …
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Shane0527 said: rob53 said: Shane0527 said: FaceID is awful! I have to type in my passcode the majority of the time to access my phone. Need directions while you’re driving? Better pull over because you have to fully interact wi…
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Well, they had better be good and get the phone to unlock in less than 5 attempts.
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cali said: ihatescreennames said: AppleInsider said: For Apple Pay purchases in stores, users have to confirm intent to pay by a double-tap of the side button, followed by a Face ID authentication, before placing the iPhone X near …
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Acupuncture said: muthuk_vanalingam said: Acupuncture said: Aren't the A11's scores better because the iPhones are running at a lower resolution, or am I missing something? Yes, you are missing a lot of things. There are be…
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cropr said: It's nice that the A11 outperforms the CPUs of other vendors, but the main question is: does it really matter? I am using my iPhone 6s for calling, web browsing, emailing, checking my calendar, taking notes, paying, chatting, tak…
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Pressing 5 times on my iPhone (iOS11 beta 6) gives a 3 sec countdown to call emergency services. I don't get the option to to call them or power off the device. It does however disable touchid. Edit: Stand down, I have auto-call enabled.
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tokyojimu said: ApplePay would be too slow for public transit use, especially in Asia where people are streaming through the fare gates. Having to stand there and adjust your finger on the button until it accepts is way slower than the typica…
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chaicka said: Hmmmm...seems like a fake given the iPhone was in 'Airplane Mode' without WiFi (top left corner) and the bluetooth icon seems grey-out (top right corner). AirDrop requires WiFi is mandatory for AirDrop to work. At least in iOS …
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berndog said: My daughter and I found this to be a good communications workaround recently while we were separated due to seating issues on an international flight. We used the Notes app and shot messages back and forth freely. Yes it is a li…