brian.on.android

Jesus h... Apple users are obsessed with Beeper Mini. You know how I know? Check the comment section of an Apple site on this topic vs an Android/Google site. You guys are raging about it. For some news articles regarding Beeper Mini on Google/Android sites, crickets…

bytemonger said:

I wonder if my iPhone got hacked because I side loaded an app whether a class action against the supporters of side loading is warranted. Someone will eventually try.

22july2013 said:

mjtomlin said:

Agree with both comments above…
I also think Apple could start lowering their fees, especially for subscription services. 

Thanks, but don't you agree that Apple's $0 charge for free apps needs to be subsidized by the charge for the bigger companies?

tmay said:

brian.on.android said:

waveparticle said:

verne arase said:

Apple is much too successful - we need to stop it now! -- Microsoft

Microsoft is pretty pathetic, and Apple's privacy terms rankle Microsoft's nerves. Too bad Windows doesn't have the same privacy safeguards - with Windows attempting to force everything through Edge.

Microsoft runs their own closed ecosystem with XBox, so it's a lot of Microsoft calling the kettle black.

The real monopoly is in the enterprise software realm where Microsoft keeps boosting prices for their good enough software.

What really pisses off Microsoft is that they don't have access to Apple Silicon ARM processors, so Windows ARM will run faster on Apple hardware than on their OEMs - or indeed on their own surface machines.

Microsoft has a point here. In the 90s it was so successful it almost killed Apple. On the other hand, Steve Jobs resurrected Apple without having to stop Microsoft. 

Worth noting Microsoft invested in Apple in the 90's. Apple may owe Microsoft to a degree.

$150M and Microsoft made easy money off of the return. The reason that MS agreed to provide the $150M and MS Office for 5 years, was that MS had been caught using some of Apple's Quicktime IP. 

What Apple owes is a tip of the hat to MS for keeping its corpulent ass focused on x86, killing its chances of success in mobile. 

foregoneconclusion said:

brian.on.android said: Spotify doesn't need Apple's IAP infrastructure and shouldn't be forced to pay for it.

Netflix agreed. That's why they pulled support for IAP. 

None of which supports the idea that Apple is unreasonably restraining anyone's trade. Spotify, Netflix, and Amazon Kindle have all been quite successful with people paying for products/services on the web while still distributing their apps through the App Store. That shouldn't be possible if Apple had antitrust level control.