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  • Apple insists App Store 'not a monopoly,' expects to win in court

    sarthossarthos
    knowitall said:
    ihatescreennames said:
    As I mentioned in another thread, there’s nothing illegal about having a monopoly (in the US). Abusing monopoly power is where corporations run into trouble.

    Even if it can be proven that the App Store has a monopoly, which I think will be difficult for obvious reasons, how is Apple abusing that power?
    By taking a 30% cut and not allowing other means of app distribution.
    Apple should ask for a fixed amount for a fixed set of ‘services’ needed to run the store.
    As I mentioned before, apps can be signed by Apple (after some sanity and virus checks) and distributed via any digital means. App developers can put the apps on their home page (or whatever) and pay apple a few cents for signing only and skip the hosting fees. This adds the benefit of even better visibility for the app because Google can find it directly.
    Another example of someone who could never run a business trying to tell others how to run theirs...
    pscooter63

  • Apple Card vs Amazon Prime Rewards Visa: which credit card offers the most cash back and b...

    sarthossarthos
    "That said, an Apple Card is a bit useless to you without at least an iPhone. So you could argue that the up-front cost of Apple Card is a lot more than Amazon's."

    Umm, no.  Unless you need to switch from Android to iPhone you most likely already have a paid-for iPhone.  Even if you don't, you can get a decent used phone for a 100-300 dollars one-time cost.  Then you're back to whatever phone update schedule you had before.

    You also fail to mention all of the fees on the Amazon cards and the predator billing practices of Chase bank who manages their cards.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's self-driving cars disengage from autonomous mode about once per mile, highest rate...

    sarthossarthos
    I love how the media idiotically conflates fewer disengagements with safer.  It just means the car is racking up miles and not learning anything.   For the fastest development of AI you actually need new events that it can learn from not repetitions of things it already knows how to do.
    randominternetpersonpatchythepirate