Madbum

So it appears Biden Justice department is good at 2 things, I take no joy because I voted for a Biden as an independent in 2020 and I regret it. 

1. They are good at protecting the interest of other countries like the EU and trying to destroy American companies like Apple and Google. When do you ever see EU go after Airbus or BMW? They protect their own.

2. Biden DOJ is also good at going after his top political opponent  who is kicking his ass in the polls. That is what third world banana republics do. Let the people vote and decide.?

That said, I don’t know if I will vote for Trump because I am more of a globalist but I know for sure I will never , ever vote for Joe Biden 

flydog said:

rorschachai said:

Apple's limitations and continued collection of a commission will likely light new fires for litigation opportunities

• Hosting
• Bandwidth
• Technical support
• Xcode and all the other developer tools
• Apple-developed frameworks

All of that for only $99 a year, a rate that hasn't changed since the App Store opened 16 years ago. If Apple is at some point forced to stop charging a commission, prepare for that to increase and potentially have itemized billing. Per-gigabyte bandwidth charges will add up very quickly for popular apps that are hundreds of megabytes or more, as well as monthly per-user licenses for Xcode.

You conveniently overlooked the billions of dollars in ad revenue that Apple generates from developers who 16 years ago didn't need to spent anything on advertising.  Apple doesn't just collect 15 or 30%, they collect closer to 50% once advertising is factored. 

And most of that laundry list of crap you mentioned is either of nominal cost or not worth the 15-50% a developer pays Apple:

• Hosting and bandwidth - practically free these days - For an app earning $100k a year it certainly doesn't cost $15k to host a store.  Maybe $50 a month. 
• Tech support - Seriously?  Apple's tech support is limited to 2 incidents a year, and is basically worthless.  Nothing is ever resolved.
• Xcode - Another hot piece of garbage - bug riddled junk that could easily be replaced with a third-party tool if Apple allowed it.
• Frameworks - this doesn't make much sense. If Apple didn't offer frameworks, no one would be able to develop any apps.  The existence of third-party apps benefits Apple just as much as developers. Would anyone buy an iPhone if there were no third-party apps?  Nope!  Would people be locked into Apple's ecosystem without third-paerty apps?  Again, no.  Would Apple be able to charge for advertising of third-party apps?  I think you get the idea.

The fundamental problem is Apple offers very little (practically nothing) in exchange for the absurd commission. Also Apple treats developers with disdain as if they were the lowest scum on earth.  

The only real benefit Apple offers is the existence of a large user base to market apps to. 

 

Who is forcing developers to use Apple App Store?

They want access to Apple Customers. Who gives them that right ? God?

if I walk into target and ask them for access to their customer list , what do you think they will say?

I love how Apple is doing this. The greedy Chinese owned Epic is getting what they deserve.

most smart developers will stick with Apple payment . I personally will only engage apps that uses Apple
payment 

iPhone factories are going 24/7 in both China and India now. Last year no India and Foxconn China was closed off and on during this time and when open, it was at half capacity . So if anything , the fact the wait is still this long with 24/7 production this year, I see blow out sales.

Do you not know that Malcolm? Isn’t this your job? The Jo Morgan guy is trying to lower Apple
Stock  so he can buy it for JP Morgan. You need to Be better.

Please don’t compare to iPhone 14 because China was still in zero Covid and Foxconn factories were working at half capacity most of the winter