beautyspin

Looks like excuses have already started.

Apple is going to be forced, by these id1ots, to allow alternate app stores, wallets, etc.  I hope that every install and every invocation of an app from an alternative app store is preceded  with the warning "This app was not tested by Apple - do you want to proceed?"  Sort of like those super annoying cookie dialog you're forced to click through on every European web site.  But unlike those web sites, Apple users will still have the choice of only downloading/installing apps from the Apple App store.  That alone will keep most people from going to alternatives.


You must be kidding.

So, Apple vetted all these scam apps?

https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/84-dangerous-scam-apps-found-on-iphone-app-store-your-stealing-money-check-full-list-of-apps-71658128703429.html

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apples-app-store-approved-these-crypto-scam-apps-how-to-stay-safe

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/pig-butchering-scam-apps-sneak-into-apples-app-store-and-google-play/

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/25/chatgpt-scam-apps-mac-app-store/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/06/apple-app-store-scams-fraud/

The list goes on

9secondkox2 said:

Honestly, the ads SUCK. 

I it seems so ghetto. like something Microsoft or Google would do. not Apple at all. 

Of course Cook went for it. He is a great supply chain and numbers guy. But he’s not a customer culture guy. He really needed to listen to the people looking at it from customer perspective. 

Immediately Shooting down opposition is foolish. He needs to hear the ideas out. There are good reasons people oppose easy money and it has everything to do with quality, culture, and user experience. 

Keep Apple Apple. Don’t let it resemble the other trash tech companies. 

Hopefully we don’t start seeing ads in the OS or on Apples website in the future. 

Well, Google and Microsoft might do ads, but they give away their products for free. Apple wants to have the cake and eat it too. Apple wants to bleed the customers..

mubaili said:

Apple could easily say any customer who pays for the iOS software can do whatever they want. It costs $499 initially and $99 updates.

You seem to think iPhone is an essential gadget with no alternatives. If you think people will still buy an iPhone if it starts such shenanigans, nobody will buy it.

Well, I guess it does not matter whether Apple is right or wrong. Based on the letter, it seems German Parliament (and hence the government) is against this. Looks like this will be discussed in the EU also and the situation may not be different there. I doubt whether China, Russia, Iran, and other countries would agree to an American company installing official spyware on their phones giving literally America a tool to spy on their citizens. The German Parliament has issued a veiled threat (based on what is in the article) that Apple is bound to lose access to large markets if they continue with this harebrained idea. I think Apple will backtrack on this issue and will be left with egg on their face. However, its usual PR machine will cover it up in a few months.