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  • Billion dollar battle: Picking an App Store fight with Apple cost Epic Games greatly

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    No problem the parents will pay…
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  • App Store Freedom Act hopes to bring alternative app stores to US iPhones

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    apple4thewin said:
    So question for anyone, most of the time Apple is the center of these laws, but does that force the hand of other companies? Such as Nintendo on the Switch platform? Sony on PlayStation? Microsoft on Xbox?
    No probably not… The object is to make Apple into HP or Dell hardware only.
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  • Google's default search payments to Apple at risk in antitrust lawsuit

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    mpantone said:
    danox said:
    Apple is the only one that’s not squatting all over the other platforms ecosystems. (ie..Safari on Windows which was rightfully, canned by Apple)
    This is false.

    Apple does have a presence on other platforms which Apple has carefully groomed over years. iTunes has been a longtime presence on Windows and is still available to manage media content to transfer to iDevices (iPhones, iPads, old iPods, etc.).

    Apple Music has a presence too, including Android devices in the form of an app on the Google Play Store. This includes a separate Apple Classical Music app too.

    And let's not forget about Apple TV which is all over the place. My LG OLED television (running webOS) has an Apple TV app. Yes, it's also available on the Google Play Store for Android smartphones as well as streaming devices like Roku.

    Shazam is another Apple service that has a longtime Android app.

    So understand that Apple plays the same game too trying to entice non-iPhone/non-Mac users to enjoy Apple services (which now generate a substantial percentage of Apple's revenue).

    It's not just about iPhone and Mac hardware sales anymore. That ended about ten years ago. Apple fanboys cannot take a "holier than thou" attitude about this topic.

    In any case Apple needs to offer some sort of search engine capability to their users since they don't run their own search engine. Apple's thought process in 2025 is probably "Well, we could just let people choose one from a list during the setup process but most people will pick Google anyhow so why don't we just get paid for it?" One of the first things that I do in setting up a new Apple device (and web browsers) is to change the default search engine to DuckDuckGo. But Apple still gets bucks from Google. That's fine by me. I'm an indirect shareholder of both companies anyhow (like any American with a retirement account).


    A real presence on another platform is an actual native piece of software on Windows or Android other than Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple devices apps does Apple have apps like Final Cut Pro, Safari, Message, Logic, Pages, Numbers, Photos for Windows or Android? Communication to a iPhone or an iPad to a Windows device isn’t quite the same but it is very important for Apple to sell devices.

    Apple has no presence on their platforms aside from the bare minimum (bridge connection) programs for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods making sure that their hardware can interface with Windows, and their presence on Android is even less, and where are they on the Meta platform? 

    Is there even one, most of what Meta does is freeload on other people’s platforms, just because some of those companies are squatting on Apple‘s platforms does not mean that Apple has the same level/presence on theirs in fact, Apple doesn’t. They have just enough on the Windows platform to sell their devices.

    As far as the search engine is concerned once the $20 billion dollars goes away courtesy of the court system. Apple probably won’t have any choice but to get into search like getting into Apple Maps. 

    neoncatwatto_cobra

  • How Steve Jobs saved Apple with the iMac 27 years ago

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    williamh said:
    s.metcalf said:
    They still haven’t beaten that iMac G4’s floating display arm.  That computer got a lot of sales in customer service/kiosks for that reason alone.
    The arm had a tendency to go bad and no longer support the weight of the screen, leaving the screen flopping down.  It was a cool design but I don’t think they worked that well. 

    And yet today a bunch of geeks/analysts think Apple should come out with a niche folding iPhone with a crease in the middle?
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  • Developers will have a hard time getting App Store users to buy directly

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    pixeltini said:
    HOLD IT! Just a second. Let me pick myself up. Are you saying the App Store has value for developers??

    Next you'll be telling me software developers should pay something for the security and convenience offered by the App Store.

    The Apple App Store has value like being part of the EU when it comes to businesses in the UK selling to the other 27 European countries without barriers, many uninformed (developers) think otherwise (ie..Brexit) and are now going to pay for their stupidity, a good developer (small/medium sized) making a good product can avoid all the red tape all of the headaches and the extra cost by being in the App Store. 

    It allows them to compete with the so-called big boys, (which the big boys hate) the big boys want special treatment to camp inside the Apple App Store because Apple has done all of the hard work and they think they should get a freebie because they’re entitled. But most will find that it won’t be a pot of gold because many people will not leave the App Store nor will they put up with subscriptions left and right.
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