EsquireCats

Meanwhile making up lies* and spreading them far and wide in the press... sounds like bullying.

*
1. 30%: Not a single Spotify subscriber pays 30%.
2. "Fair treatment", when specifically asking for special treatment, while also stealing the 15% discount from their users by not passing on the after 1 year subscription discount.
3. Citing Epic games which sued Apple and Google, after breaking both stores TOS with a change that was hidden from reviewers. Epic knew this change would be rejected and had prepared lawsuits and a massive marketing campaign.
4. Circular references to anti-trust complaints that aren't final, and many merely the direct process to Spotify's own complaints.

A large problem is google’s privacy policy is intentionally vague and full of misdirection - you have a better clue about what information google is collecting from the app store than you do from google’s own privacy policy. 

viclauyyc said:

What the WWDC and future Apple Park plan has to do with Epic?

Can someone please elaborate “ App Store generated some $400 billion worth of physical purchases in 2019 alone”? I don’t quite get it. Is it like Amazon and eBay sales on IOS?

Purchasing physical goods through apps does not incur the app store commission. E.g. An Etsy purchase, a concert ticket etc. Apple only charge the 30% (or 15%) for digital goods.

Or think of it another way: Apple only takes a cut of infinitely available, intangible goods. 

darkvader said:

HOW MUCH for a cloth watch band?????

Sure, looks interesting and all, but a hundred bucks is ridiculously excessive.  Ten would be on the high side of what that ought to cost.

For comparison, a 1TB SATA SSD is about a hundred bucks right now.

While this no higher than the other braided loops - it bears some amusement that the HomePod Mini is offered at the same price.

kfury77 said:

EsquireCats said:

The new Apple Music Lossless quality is available to existing subscribers as an add-on to their current plan. Lossless costs an extra $9.99 per month for each user, the same as the base individual monthly subscription price.

Where did you get that information from? 

I think that’s an error in the article. It is a free upgrade according to Apple. 

Thanks I was a bit confused for a moment there.

Other than that, I'm very much looking forward to the spatial audio tracks, these can sound so immersive which could be awesome if it reaches over into their chill/focus/meditation playlists.