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Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse...
I think people would lay off Apple if they would just allow third party payment systems fully.
Developers already spend $99+ a year for distribution of their apps in the app store. 3rd party payments require $0 for Apple to maintain because they use zero of Apple's infrastructure outside of the phone you already paid for.
Apple doesn't need to take a cut in your entire business.
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Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse...
Microsoft doesn't put the same controls on Windows that Apple puts on their platforms.Beats said:Not like MS is a competitor to Apple or anything.
And MS is right! Let’s also open up all of Microsoft’s stores to 3rd parties! I wanna be able to sell my crappy games on Xbox without giving them money!!
Microsoft has a monopoly on Windows!! Microsoft, police yourselves!
For one you can install whatever you want on their devices. For another they allow third party payments for when you do use their store.
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Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse...
Worth noting Microsoft invested in Apple in the 90's. Apple may owe Microsoft to a degree.waveparticle said:
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.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. -
Green texts in iMessages nudge teens to use iPhones
It's likely a timing issue. WhatsApp is a few years older than iMessage and Europe has been more progressive when it comes to technology. By the time iMessage came in to replace SMS, Europe had already moved on from SMS to WhatsApp.cpsro said:Apple led the way, now the others want it to conform. Yeah, sure.
I never understood why Europeans went "whole hog" for WhatsApp. WhatsApp won't do anything until the user gives FaceBook access to their entire contacts, which you know gets uploaded whole hog to the mother roach. Before FB owned WhatsApp, it was the same way, and when the news came out that FB was buying the company, I was relieved to not have used it. Signal demands access to contacts, too, but doesn't upload or store them--or so they say.
