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  • Bipartisan 'Open App Markets Act' resurrected to challenge Apple's App Store control

    fred steinfred stein
    The OAMA hopes to achieve this; "Establish safeguards to preserve consumer privacy, security, and safety."

    How? Apple claims tries to achieve this through their control of the App Store, which is a cost they bear. Apple has also been sued for action from 3rd party Apps, another cost they bear. Will OAMA set up an agency to regulate Apple's and Google's regulation of their app marketplaces? Who will pay? Who bears liability if 3rd party App harm users. 
    Nagra178A

  • Processor cost could drive prices of the iPhone 18 range up

    fred steinfred stein
    Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves talking about chip yields and price impact on a Phone a year and a half from now?

    As for foldables, Apple supports products for about 8 years while increasing water and dust tolerance. They can easily develop prototypes and never release them.


    radarthekatdanoxwatto_cobra

  • Apple Watch Series 7 will be hard to find when it launches

    fred steinfred stein
    The Watch will be on back order regardless because of high demand, with or without supply chain issues.

    As for owning 20 bands? If you could afford 20 bands, you can afford some new bands. And give them to friends and family. I own one band. Why bother with more?
    watto_cobra

  • Arizona voters overwhelmingly support App Fairness bill

    fred steinfred stein
    Gotta add:

    "more that 40 developers"??

    40/20,000,000 = .0002%
    spock1234watto_cobra

  • Arizona voters overwhelmingly support App Fairness bill

    fred steinfred stein
    How will the law actually be written? Both Google and Apple provide consumer protections, security and privacy. Will the laws ensure that all payments systems provide this? Who will oversea these alternate payment systems? How will Arizona's law operate only within Arizona? Will the law only apply to mobile OSes and not to any other on-line platform?

    The Uber comparison is bogus - I'm being polite. Uber's nominal charge is 25%, but the incremental costs for drivers are much higher than the incremental costs for Apps. Plus Uber adds other fees. So Uber's net fee compared to the driver's gross profit is much higher than the 30% that Apple and Google charge. Apple also has 15% tiers, and a free tier, which applies to Uber and the vast majority of Apps.

    Finally Mobile OS payments are already open. We can trade stocks, do all our banking, use third party credits cards - all this with most secure convenience systems. In fact Apple Pay is virus (software or Covid-19) safe.

    Can Arizona write a law to improve upon this?
    spock1234watto_cobra