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13485 said:

rax_mark said:

I understand that as an Apple fan you view the tech world through that lens. However, in doing so you misalign facts and brand lies as truth.

You say everyone copies from Apple, but wasn't it Apple who copied the GUI from Xerox and what about the plethora of functions that Apple copied from Android, widgets, AOD etc. Are you oblivious to them or ignorant? or will you make up excuses to try to justify them while you blast others.

You say that other systems are full of malware, well that is exaggerated and even what percentage exists is the tradeoff for having an open system which provides freedom. 

Apple products sell so well because more than the technology, Apple has marketed itself as a premium product for rich people. That is why we have gold Apple watches and $19 handkerchiefs. There have been instances where people have sold their kidneys for an iPhone, have no food yet bought an iPhone on finance. Do you think that they did it because they thought it was a better phone? Don't kid yourself.

Maybe not insult other brands while making a fanboy esque article and even if you do at least state facts.

"Lies as truth": You seem to be heavily invested in mythology and polemics.

Apple & Xerox: There was no copying from Xerox. Jef Raskin documented his graphical user interface in the 1960s, well before Xerox PARC even existed. Doug Engelbart invented the mouse before Xerox PARC existed, and Apple paid Stanford University $100,000 to license the mouse. No one else has ever paid the license fee for the use of the mouse--including Microsoft and Xerox. Both Raskin and Engelbart became Apple employees. In 1983 Apple paid Xerox $100,000 for a lifetime license to all Xerox PARC technology. In addition, in a separate agreement, Xerox paid Apple $150,000 for a block of non-voting Apple stock.

Malware: Per Silent Breach, Android users are 50% more likely to have malware than iPhone users, and 97% of malware is directed at Android. That's not an exaggeration. That's some "tradeoff".

Apple just for Rich People: Ahh, the second oldest trope next to the Xerox myth. Sure, because everyone looks at everyone else's phone to see what brand it is, or watches the laptops being used in college lecture halls to see which has an Apple logo. There was one--just one--instance where a demented person sold a kidney to get an iPhone, out of 2.3 Billion iPhones sold. Yeah, real trend there. 

dewme said:

Here we go again, DED trying to use logic, facts, and evidence to expose the truth behind a subject that is near and dear to many of us.

Big problem. Things like logic, facts, evidence, and balanced perspective do not matter in a world driven by human emotion. Everyone loves a winner … that is, until the winner wins more than we have decided is acceptable. At that point the human mind transitions from admiration to envy. Festering envy transforms into Entitlement. Those who feel that they deserve a piece of Apple’s business without making their own commensurate level investment is clearly playing the entitlement card.

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ericthehalfbee said:

Did I read that right?

- 88% of developers in the EU pay no fees (meaning they’re free Apps).
- 9% pay 15% (they’re smaller developers under $1 million in revenues).
- That leaves only 3% of all developers in the EU who pay the full 30%.

Can someone explain how this helps small developers when only 3% of all developers are paying 30% fees? Seems clear to me that the whiners at the top who make the most money are the ones complaining and these changes will do nothing to help the other 97%.

The 9% will probably now pay 10% instead of 15%.
The 3% will now pay 17% instead of 15%.
MORE IMPORTANT: Apple will not review the content of Apps that come from 3rd part app stores (so the apps need only to comply with the 3rd party app store guideline and the law) so there is no single company that decides which app is "legal" or not!

studiomusic said:

ctt_zh said:

omasou said:

Charge a license fee to use the technology or like MC and Visa charge a per transaction fee + percentage.

MC and Visa only charge a fee when they're providing a service don't they? What service would Apple be providing in this instance to warrant charging a fee / percentage? 

Building, maintaining, and selling the actual device this is used on?

Or was that free for Apple to make this platform available?

danox said:

Qualcomm, Google, Samsung need to wait until they get their hands on an actual Apple Vision device before the real rip off begins. The spec sheet that was released by Qualcomm was just a wish list.

The software/hardware integration, chip performance and capability is where they will fail. Android (Oracle) OS is a hollow shell beyond smartphones. Ever wonder why it hasn't advanced beyond phones.