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  • After a lengthy legal battle and billion-dollar loss, 'Fortnite' is back on iOS

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    Cesar Battistini Maziero said:
    It’s a sad day for freedom. 
    Because I can now circumvent the App store as save money buying direct? This is actual freedom. 
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  • After a lengthy legal battle and billion-dollar loss, 'Fortnite' is back on iOS

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    "we love developers" as long as we get a 30% cut.

    Just because Karl Benz invented the automobile doesn't mean he gets a cut of every toll road.
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  • EU Apple Pay antitrust action is complete, after NFC opened to competitors

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    mizhou said:
    “In short, iPhone users in the EU will be able to replace Apple Pay and Apple's Wallet with offerings from other firms.”

    I don’t think so. What EU has done is open up the possibility for other companies to create their own wallets. Pretend that this was in the USA, and Walmart created their own wallet, and MacDonalds their own etc. 

    That hasn’t created a freedom for me as a customer to choose a wallet. Instead they will have to have a Walmart wallet, a MacDonalds wallet etc in addition to Apple Wallet. I’m enforced to use several different wallets. In theory I will have to have a wallet app for wvery store I shop in. This is a freedom for the companies to create their own wallets, and I will have to use multiple wallets, NOT a freedom for me to choose one wallet that I can use everywhere. 

    The EU politicians have absolutely no clue what they’ve done. They’ve created a mess, not freedom for consumers. 
    This is more about removing Apples swipe fees from the merchants. Apple gets a small fee each time their wallet is selected, and banks hate this fee, and therefore want to create their own loop excluding Apple wallet.
    And to be clear, Apple didn't invent NFC, nor were they the first company to put it in a phone, so for them to use their power to 'gatekeep' this from business' and iPhone users should be removed I think.
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  • Apple Card had the 'most successful credit card launch ever' says Goldman Sachs

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    BtheB said:
    I've had the Apple Card since it's first week... Wonderfully useful if you also have an Apple Watch. I recently completed a three week trip to Spain, and used my wrist to purchase 95% of my expenses. The 'instant' feedback on my iPhone (and wrist) regarding payments was very assuring. The 2% back on all those purchases is a nice, immediate bonus. And, of course, it's accepted EVERYWHERE, unlike my much more expensive AmEx platinum card.. :( Apple Card deserves to be a great success.
    The "instant feedback" feature has been available on Amex Cards used within Apple Pay for years.

    I do get the acceptance piece in the EU tho. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Card: Best and worst features of Apple's credit solution

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    The additional 1% on Apple Pay only payments (total 2%), is probably more about getting merchants to invest in contactless payment infrastructure through consumer demand, as opposed to security features. The network interchange fee from MasterCard would likely be the same for a contactless or swiped transaction and could therefore ‘support’ the same cash back value. Apple is selecting not to pass the cash back on to drive this technology. 

    Apple wants to be synonymous with contactless payments in the US. 
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