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StrangeDays said:

WarrenBuffduckh said:

OOOH AHHH UHHH WAHHH.
The last overhyped screen tech after OLED - that didn’t get supported with always-on functions and hardly turned out to have any benefit at all. Apple always buys itself in some ultra-expensive screen dependency on 3rd parties without competitive benefits and then more or less drops it after a few years.

Mini-LED isn’t a replacement for OLED, it’s a less expensive alternative still reliant on backlighting. 

Mini-LED is basically the final straw for the dying LCD display technology. I'm hoping within the next few years or so, we will see a microLED iPad. 

MacPro said:

Blood pressure, as well as O2 level, seems to be an obvious new addition but I've long wondered why measuring the body temperature of the wearer isn't already part of the Watch's bag of tricks, how hard could it be?

Measuring your body temperature from your wrist would be really inaccurate.  

mike1 said:

If all of the Amazon Fire Sticks only have 5% share, and all the Samsung smart TVs sold only account for 14%, then Apple isn’t doing too bad with 2%. 

My thoughts exactly. The Playstation 4 has sold over 106 million units. Samsung, Sony, and LG have sold a ton of TV's. The Apple TV coming in at 2% really doesn't seem that bad to me. 

dr. x said:

I don't get why Wal-Mart would buy it, what is in it for them as they are a store food chain not an online video sharing service.

Walmart did own Vudu up until this year. 

SpamSandwich said:

boltsfan17 said:

crowley said:

foregoneconclusion said:

crowley said:

Does anyone know how the in-app purchases work on Playstation and Xbox, do Sony and Microsoft have a similar system and take a percentage?

Yes, Sony and MS both take 30% for games. 

Here's a link to the paid study that Apple had done for the recent House hearings. It has a ton of info about typical charging structures for all sorts of digital commerce, and also has a section about brick/mortar practices.

https://www.analysisgroup.com/globalassets/insights/publishing/apples_app_store_and_other_digital_marketplaces_a_comparison_of_commission_rates.pdf

Thanks, but it's not entirely clearly if the 30% mentioned also applies to in-app purchase.  In fact Playstation and Xbox (unless the latter is covered by "Microsoft") are notable omissions from this paragraph:

The most prominent app stores and software distribution platforms (Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore, Samsung's Galaxy Store, Microsoft Store, App Store) all use policies that require developers to pay commission fees, and use the platform’s in-app payment system to purchase in-app digital products, with certain carve-outs for multi-platform apps. 

That 30% doesn't apply to everyone. I know Sony makes deals with some of the AAA developers so Sony's cut might actually be a little less. For in-app purchases, every developer has to sign a publishing agreement with Sony to release a game on their platform. Within that agreement, publishers have to go through Sony's official storefront (Playstation Store) to sell virtual currency. As far as Fornite is concerned, both Sony and Microsoft do take a 30% cut from Fornite digital currency sold. 

https://www.vg247.com/2020/08/13/fortnite-v-bucks-discount-epic-direct/

Last paragraph from that article:

"This could land Epic into hot waters with Apple and Google, as it has done with other companies in the past who wanted to bypass the stores’ built-in payment processing. It is, however, interesting that Epic is able to offer the discount on consoles, where the same 30% cut exists."

Fortnite has also been booted from Google’s app store. These clowns didn’t realize the trouble they were about to cause themselves. They should probably fire the CEO of their company now.

Epic's lawsuit is ridiculous. They are trying to win the court of public opinion to make them look good and Apple the bad guy. The reality is, Epic wants a bigger slice of the pie. Epic trying to get gamers to purchase V bucks directly through their store with a 20% discount means more money for them. For example, for 1,000 V-bucks it's $9.99 on Apple and discounted at $7.99 directly through Epic. Factoring in Apple's 30% cut, Epic makes $1 more when you purchase direct. This is nothing about Apple being anticompetitive, it's all about making more money. It's the same with Spotify. They are bleeding money so of course they want to say Apple is being anticompetitive. The reality is, Spotify is running a failing business model losing a ton of money every quarter. They want a bigger slice of the pie as well.