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  • Apple's Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android as early as 2013

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    Eddy was right.  In countries with a relatively low iOS market share, iMessage is not the default messaging app, especially not for group chat. My chess club (60 members) created a Whatsapp group, because everyone in the club has access to the full functionality of Whatsapp, while only 8 members have an iPhone and access to the full iMessage functionality. The same applies to Facetime.  The last time I used Facetime was 6 years ago, when I tried it out with my daughter who bought her first iPhone.  I stopped using it because the chances are too big that the person I want to chat with does not have Facetime.

    By definition communications apps (voice video, text) require open standards.  If 20% of the population has an iPhone, only 4% of the communication happen between 2 iPhones.
    elijahgmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple kept iMessage off Android to lock users in to iOS

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    omasou said:
    If anything Apple's iMessage has broken the carrier's lock on text/sms messaging, forcing them to include it as part of our plans instead of charging as an extra line item on our bills all while showing them what really text messaging should look like.

    Prior to Apple iMessing I refused to pay for text messaging and when it was released my "texts" were limited to friends with iPhones, others received emails.

    That might be true in some countries like the US, but globally this is definitely a false claim.    Most telco operators in the world had unlimited of virtual unlimited (including >10K SMS messages a month) plans for their mobile phones subscriptions before the launch of iPhone.
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Apple's original HomePod was overpriced, and that doesn't bode well for AirPods Max

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    MisterKit said:
    Homepod was not overpriced at all. It was underappreciated. Apple overshot.


    It was underappreciated because it costed too much for its value.    So basically there is no difference between the 2 terms
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  • EU winding down Apple Music antitrust investigation, charges expected

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    foregoneconclusion said:
    cropr said: A company like Spotify is paying for a secure payment system around 2% for credit cards transactions and 0.5% for debit cards transactions.  The marginal cost for a global software distribution center for its iOS app is about zero, Spotify has already set up a secured distribution center for the Windows, Linux and Mac versions of its app.  Comparing this to the 15% to 30% Apple is charging, I cannot call this a small price.  
    As many people have explained before, the App Store isn't just providing a payment system or a distribution system. Apple created the OS and the hardware too. They created the tools for developers to create the apps with. They're not a middleman like a credit card company or an internet host. Trying to use those kinds of comparisons is disingenuous. 
    Indeed, the developers are paying for the hardware and the tools at market prices, so your point is totally irrelevant in this discussion
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • EU winding down Apple Music antitrust investigation, charges expected

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    dewme said:


     I’m not minimizing the benefits that app developers bring to Apple’s ecosystem. The fact that they get to extract at least 70% of the selling price of their wares by riding on Apple’s global platform reflects Apple’s recognition for the value they bring to the ecosystem. The 30% at-most fee they pay for the privilege of using the vast (global) distribution and payment system that Apple has created and maintains in good working order 24x7x365 is a small price to pay and probably much less than what they’d have to pay to reach a tiny fraction of the market that they get exposed to through their business relationship with Apple.
    A company like Spotify is paying for a secure payment system around 2% for credit cards transactions and 0.5% for debit cards transactions.  The marginal cost for a global software distribution center for its iOS app is about zero, Spotify has already set up a secured distribution center for the Windows, Linux and Mac versions of its app.  Comparing this to the 15% to 30% Apple is charging, I cannot call this a small price. 

    Combining this with the fact Apple has a monopoly (the App Store) for the distribution of the iOS apps, Apple will have a very difficult task to explain to the EU that its way of working is in line with the EU rules of fair competition.
    avon b7williamlondongatorguy