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Apple's App Store anti-steering rules put on hold as it appeals Supreme Court

mayfly

July 2023

Wesley Hilliard said:

Semantics will be the death of humanity.

I'll offer this: Apple's 30% charge is a commission. However, some people refer to it as a tax as a way to slight the idea of the payment as being unjustified.

Yes, tax has a literal meaning, and Apple isn't a government. But sometimes, colloquialisms will win out.

And the title doesn't say Apple is appealing a Supreme Court ruling. It says Apple is appealing the Supreme Court, which in this context means making a request -- if you want to be semantic about it.

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It's in the Forum rules. Don't make us smack you with a rule violation or eventual ban. Play nice here, folks. I shouldn't have to keep banging this drum, but I will.

I agree that it's a commission. But I also agree that calling it a tax is a distinction without a difference beyond semantics. You'd think Epic had no case, since all wholesale distributors charge more than they pay for their products and services. But say if an Apple VAR (value added reseller) buys a Macbook Pro from an Apple authorized distributor like Ingram Micro or TechData, that VAR is then able to buy cases, adapters and cables, and other third party accessories without having to pay Apple a commission.

On Friday, May 20, 2022, Epic games won a rather one-sided condition against Google App Store payment policies. The decision is backed up by years of litigation between Epic Games and the Google App Store. Sounds like precedent to me. This one is going to SCOTUS, and I don't like their chances with this reactionary court.

Rumor: Apple may introduce iPhone 15 in pink

mayfly

July 2023

lewchenko said:

My other half would definitely spring for a Barbie Pink iPhone, as would my daughter!

What I would like to see though is better colour options on the higher end. The “pro” colours are boring & muted in comparison.

Or you and your ladies could just find cases with the colors you want!

Rumor: Apple may introduce iPhone 15 in pink

mayfly

July 2023

AniMill said:

mayfly said:

Introducing the iPhone 15 Special "Barbie" edition! Not even if Margot Robbie presented it to me for free!

Ohhh heeell no… if Margot gave it to, I’d take it in a blink. Then - case.

Down boy! It's not like you're going to get anything pink other than the iPhone!

Twitter loses half its ad revenue, still weighed down by debt

mayfly

July 2023

danox said:

jpellino said:

So Twitter was the preeminent microblogging platform, doing well enough to have shareholders getting earnings.
Musk buys it and starts pulling every lever he can find, many of which were clearly marked DO NOT TOUCH THIS LEVER.
Now the company is bleeding value, invisible to the public, and got its lunch eaten by Meta in less than a week of competition.
Oh, and a new half-billion liability based on Lever #2.
Remind me how this reflects on the legendary genius of Musk?

You ain’t seen nothing yet by the end of the decade, the US will be the only area of the world where Tesla will have any significant marketshare, Japan, South Korea, and China will be but footnotes, Europe, in the end will be single digits Because of the German companies and the rest of the world aside from Australia, and New Zealand quite simply just can’t afford them.

Also, note the fit and finish still is crap, (that old CNC dealership location next to the 210 freeway in Upland, California is now occupied by Tesla‘s and they seem to be fixing a lot of new Tesla‘s direct from the factory at this location before shipping them to the new owners), the early adopters still don’t care, but the second and third wave adopters will, particularly with more choices for sale by competitors, and these competitors will have Apple CarPlay and Android CarPlay, and it does make a difference.

You're certainly correct that Tesla Motors will be a tiny niche presence. But probably not because foreign customers can't afford them. Tesla's future is subject to the old axiom, success breeds imitation. They were first out the gate, but all established automakers in America, Japan, Germany, South Korea and China are working on their Tesla killers. And they have way more capacity, both collectively and individually.