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  • Apple joins wide array of tech companies in fight to kill EU's 'Cookie Law'

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    cropr said:
    ireland said:
    The cookie thing is a pain in the butt.
    Well I think it needs to be  there.  Facebook is using tracking cookies even for users who don't have a Facebook account.  It one is really concerned about privacy, the end-user must be informed that a website is using cookies to track his movements of the web.

    Normally Apple claims to respect the privacy of the user, but here Apple takes an opposite position, which I don't understand.
    Apple is not advocating abandonment of the privacy goals of the law. They are asking for the law to be simplified so it can more easily, and reliability, implemented which means better and consistent enforcement. Currently there is a lot of overlap between multiple governing bodies with conflicting regulations. A lot of times regulators come up with solutions to problems that ignore market realities or the abilities or limitations of technology. 
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  • Apple's iPhone dips to fifth place in Chinese smartphone market

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    Why do I get the feeling they are comparing the market share of phone brands and not actual market share of similar products? Many smartphones have become so cheap now they can literally be made for less than a feature phone used to be. While cheaper phones can and do compete with premium phones for customers, these reports would be more valuable if they showed exactly what product classes were growing and contracting. I'm actually more interested in the actual number off phones each vendor sells rather than their percentage of some hypothetical market. If a company sells 50M phones this year and has 12% and 60M next year and has only 10% then I don't really see the problem. 
    baconstanglatifbpbrucemccornchip

  • Verizon to hike prices, but boost data caps & perks to match competition

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    boltsfan17 said:
    thedude1 said:
    Still doesn't match T-Mobile's perks.
    Some of the perks aren't as good as they are made out to be. The free international roaming is a joke. It's super slow because T-Mobile is throttling your speed. Even though it costs $2 to use, Verzion's offering is way better. You use your current data plan overseas with no limits on speed. 
    I use it extensively and while it's kind of slow it is still usable and has saved me tons over using international roaming on AT&T or buying a local sim. For the summer in Europe, right now I'm enjoying full LTE speeds, so it's not all that bad.
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  • Apple counsel attacks Spotify complaints as 'rumors and half-truths'

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    jonl said:
    battiato1981 said:
    For an ongoing subscription (one year +), 15% sounds about right, 30% sounds high. A one time fee of $1.50 (at the new upcoming 15% rate) is rather low when a long time customer might be spending hundreds of dollars. And at the same time, if a customer should establish an account directly with Spotifys site, and just use the app downloaded at the AppStore to log in to that account, Apple would get bupkis.
    Companies like Netflix, Spotify, etc don't need Apple to facilitate subscription payments. Apple should make it easy for customers to pay what the services actually cost, by making it easy to sign up with the actual providers of the services. This should be the default, because an iOS device is no different than a TV, BD player, or other device on which the apps are installed. These other manufacturers don't have the gall to try to charge a ridiculous tax.

    Now, for customers who actually want to manage their subscriptions through Apple, a small fee would be appropriate. I'd put it somewhere between Apply Pay levels and 1% at the very most for companies that have their own payment processing. Something higher would be appropriate for a developer who doesn't want to process his own payments.

    Try telling your cable provider that you want to pay HBO or Showtime directly for your subscription and see how that works for you. You can put any app or content on your iPhone that you wish (just like your TV) but you have to figure out how. If you want it to come from the Apple Store you have to play by Apple's rules. 
    baconstangradarthekathlee1169jbdragonbrucemc

  • Spotify says Apple rejected update over App Store policies, 'causing grave harm' to service

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    You can't subscribe to a magazine in Target, last I checked. And if Target decided to do that, the magazine companies can always go to Walmart instead.
    If I go to Spotify.com in Safari and sign up there Apple doesn't get a cut. What is the difference between  signing up inside the app or via a browser outside of processing the credit card fee? Spotify is still using Apple's App Store to make money. But since there is no other way to distribute their app on iOS devices what choice do they have? Wouldn't the solution be for Apple to allow developers to re-direct signup to the browser or at least provide a note inside the app explaining how to subscribe? Apple doesn't force subscription apps to offer sign-up in app. Apple doesn't force Amazon or Barnes & Noble to sell books in their apps. If you want to buy a book you do it outside the app and Apple makes no money off that.
    Should movie theaters put up signs to tell people how to sneak food in by hiding it in their handbags and coats? It's great that apple allows subscribers to use their subscription accounts on multiple platforms without requiring signup directly on the apps which is really what is allowing this end-around on the rule. I personally think is sucks when I can't use my iTunes account to pay for an app subscription. 
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