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rogifan_new said:

nolamacguy said:

there we go again w/ the misdirection about the credit card fee -- as if that was the purported reason for the 30%. nope. the 30% is rent to do busines in Apple's shopping mall, which they designed, built, and maintain with their own money. if you want to do business inside of it, you gotta pay rent. if apple didnt charge the fee for subscription apps, then all the other one-time-payment apps wouldnt instantly switch to subscription to avoid paying the 30% for their apps. that would be stupid. 

its pretty clear. you cant walk into the Mall of America and sell magazine subscriptions for free, can you? same thing.

Does Target get 30% of every magazine subscription for magazines it sells in its stores? Should Apple pay 30% of stores sales to every mall owner where they have a store located? Most of the apps on my iOS devices I downloaded for free. Should there be no free apps on the App Store? Is Apple's support for CNN's free app different than their support for the Spotify app (other than the credit card transaction for Spotify's service)?

Products sold in Target stores don't license IP from Target. Xcode, Apple's proprietary frameworks and APIs are not free. I'm not saying app developers don't do a lot of work, but Apple has also invested a great deal of time and money providing developers a foundation of tools and services to build on. Not to mention the IP and patents Apple had to license (or got sued over and had to settle) The App Store is one part but commercial utilization of patents, codecs, and libraries does have a cost associated with it. 

To answer your question Target does not get 30% on every magazine subscription sold. They get more than 50%. When it comes to physical magazines even the publisher doesn't get to keep all the money (even if you mail in the card directly out of the magazine). They usually have to split it with a distributor that is actually going to print it and mail it to you. 

Another possible advantage of having a built in GPU is that they could be used with iOS devices. Could also have Airplay built into the display as well. 

Rayz2016 said:

cropr said:

But I would blame the auto manufacturer if the software of the car, after detecting a non standard radio, refuses to start the car, displaying the error 53 on the dashboard

Yes, the flaw here us picking a trivial component of a car to make your argument. Let's try this: what if car's  engine management software had been replaced during a service at a back street dealer? You'd probably be a lot better off if the car didn't start.

Now you may think that the Touch ID component is trivial, Apple sees things differently. If it's compromised then the company has opted to protect the user's privacy at the expense of the phone. If you disagree then buy a Samsung. 

Many years ago my father replaced the ignition switch on his Mustang. There was a hack that allowed him to pair it with the car's computer that saved the cost and trip to a dealer to do it. It worked for about 3 days. At some point whatever code or pool of codes needed to authenticate the switch/key with the ECU expired and the car would not start. The final bill was somewhere in the neighborhood of $800. 

Oops. Maybe we will be getting a new beta quicker than expected.

wood1208 said:

As you all know, most of the drones will be manufactured in China..But does anyone know if China would allow to fly them in their country ? I bet not. They understand better about the risk vs the reward..

I have seen beautiful drone footage filmed in China.