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  • Epic skirts Apple's 30% commission fee by implementing 'direct' payments

    leavingthebiggleavingthebigg
    In the picture has an App Store price of $9.99 and an Epic price of $7.99 which is being called a discount price.

    What is interesting to me is Apple pays Epic $6.99 of the $9.99. Why is Epic charging players an extra $1.00? Is it possible the extra $1.00 is being used to pay credit card fees, infrastructure costs, developer costs and other costs? If so, aren’t these similar fees and costs Apple has to pay to support every upgrade to every app that Epic has on every App Store Apple has around the world?

    Kicking Epic off the App Store should be done without delay. Epic could spend its money researching and developing a game device that it owns 100% This store could be used to show other companies how an app store should be managed. Epic will not do this because it knows it wants a free ride on Apple’s App Store and iPhone/iPad to reach as many people as possible without taking the risks necessary to truly be on its own.


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  • Wall Street Journal plans to stick with Apple News, says it attracts a 'different' audienc...

    leavingthebiggleavingthebigg
    “In April, the Cupertino tech giant said that Apple News had 125 million monthly active users, though some analysts have been concerned than the platform's premium News+ subscription may be off to a slower start than expected.”

    Remember when analysts were cheering how well publishers were doing on Facebook right up to the point that Facebook admitted it provided false data to the publications to make participation in Facebook’s news effort? :wink: 
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  • Wall Street Journal plans to stick with Apple News, says it attracts a 'different' audienc...

    leavingthebiggleavingthebigg
    “ The legacy newspaper was one of the first official partners for the Apple New+ subscription service. And it signed on amid rejections from similar major publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.”

    I think there is mistake in the above sentence. 
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  • Apple's block of Xcloud & Stadia game streaming apps is at best consumer-hostile

    leavingthebiggleavingthebigg
    What is stopping all the complaining companies from creating their own video game streaming devices and bypassing what they consider Apple’s restrictive App Store policies?

    Say the companies do create their own video game streaming devices, what are the odds they will not allow other companies to create stores for games to be streamed to those devices?

    It is easy to join the chant that Apple is being hostile to consumers when other companies are not willing to put their own money on the hardware line to do what Apple Has with iPhone and iPad. Facebook gave up on mobile phones because consumers did not want its spyware. Microsoft gave up on mobile phones because consumers did not its bloatware. 

    The complaining companies have decided hardware is too hard for them to pursue even when they promote their “must have” video game streaming services. Yes, Microsoft has Xbox. Would Microsoft allow Epic, Facebook, Google, Nvidia, Riot and others to create gaming services for Xbox? Would Epic allow companies to create and sell mods for Fortnite outside Epic’s store?

    The complaining companies want a free ride. Let’s be honest here. Microsoft sees Apple’s hardware success and wants a piece of it for free. The same goes for Epic, Facebook, Google, Nvidia, Riot, etc. And, The complaining companies think there is an opportunity to collect the data Apple has prevented them from collecting. Microsoft’s interest in TikTok is 100% about data collection. 

    How long ago was AppleInsider reporting how Facebook and Google provided consumers with Enterprise Developer Licenses to bypass Apple’s security? I wonder if AppleInsider remembers the good old days when Microsoft promoted the PlayForSure DRM then created a better and exclusive DRM for itself? 

    I wonder if AppleInsider remembers publishing articles about Facebook experimenting on its customers subliminally to make them sad or happy? And articles about Facebook monitoring everything about game players using Oculus headsets?

    I wonder if AppleInsider remembers Google limiting the functionality of Google Maps on iOS unless Apple provided more user data? And how Google Maps for iOS miraculously improved when Apple created Apple Maps?

    I wonder if AppleInsider remembers Publishing articles about Microsoft giving up on Mixer, Cortana and a chat bot, a social media app and more?

    I wonder if AppleInsider wonders why Spotify has not created a music player or speaker for its music streaming service?

    AppleInsider and others will never tell complaining companies to invest money and time no matter how hard to make their dreams come true because the chant is Apple is wrong for being successful and Apple should be willing to allow multi-billion dollar companies create their own stores to compete with the App Store on iPhones and iPads while ignoring the truth that these companies only want to mine and sell Apple’s customer data. 

    Microsoft needs to find ways to remain relevant. There is no doubt in my mind Satya Nadella will illegally pay the US Treasury to be allowed to buy parts of TikTok. And Microsoft will do and say whatever it can to gain unrestricted access to iPhones and iPads. Facebook wants unfettered access to Apple’s customers to sell ads and promote disinformation from everybody willing to pay money to do so. 

    Epic, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Riot, Spotify, etc could successfully work within Apple’s App Store guidelines but they do not want to do that. They know that by going to AppleInsider, Axios, Bloomberg, CNBC, Facebook, Forbes, Fortune, MacRumors, New York Times, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, etc and the EU and US governments is time consuming but the effort is pretty much free compared to spending billions to truly compete with Apple. 

    AppleInsider knows this to be true but it is easier for AppleInsider to tell people Apple is wrong while Epic, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Riot are absolutely right to protest Apple’s restrictive policies. 

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  • Google to buy stake in ADT in $450M Google Nest security deal

    leavingthebiggleavingthebigg
    I threw away an ADT flyer last week primarily due to data collection and retention concerns. Though several neighbors subscribe to ADT I could not justify becoming a subscriber. Reading that Google is now partnering with ADT let me know that I dodged a bullet.


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