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  • Microsoft latest to weigh in on Apple's EU App Store rules with disapproval

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    How that roles have reversed, back in the day it was Apple making such comments. 

    Now it's Microsoft.
    williamlondondesignr

  • Apple TV+ viewers watched 17 billion minutes of 'Ted Lasso' in 2023

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    lolliver said:
    rax_mark said:
    So being an Android user, I pirated the show. 


    Doesn't that go without saying for most Android users and the content they consume?   :D

    I was making a joke. I do pay for Netflix and Prime.

    And saying Android's users pirate everything would be wrong.

    According to Netflix's own data, the number of iOS and Android users who pay for their services is roughly the same. Same goes for Prime.

    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Is Apple's App Store a monopoly or a solution?

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    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 that Android was an illegal ripoff of Java, well Sun (before it was bought by Oracle) gave permission to Google to use it, Google also made modifications which separated itself enough that even the Supreme court didn't find them guilty. Yet in ignorance or maybe malice you make these claims to solidify your lies and fool the uninformed.

    You say Android users are cheap pirates that want anarchy, maybe you have forgotten the jailbreak era of the iPhones.

    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 others make 'me too' products, what about Apple Maps, Apple music, Apple TV+ are they also 'me too' products, just because they weren't first to a market. Also, going by that logic isn't the Apple Vision Pro a 'me too' product, a rip-off of Meta but with higher specs and 7 times the price.

    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. But what benefit did iOS provide with its walled garden? Was it not affected by Pegasus, has it not been affected by zero day exploits? The only thing it did was make Apple's wallet heavier by restricting third party services and promoting their own alternatives.

    You say others destroy your privacy, yet Apple gives your Siri data to contractors for processing, and has been sued on multiple occasions for not upholding their promises regarding privacy. They have restricted other ad networks only to build their own and profit from it.

    You seem to portray the app store as infallible yet one can read articles all the time of scam apps fooling people and taking their money. Has Apple ever come forward and refunded these people because they use Apple and their closed app store, No they couldn't care less.

    Developers are so fed up of Apple that they don't even want to make apps for the Vision Pro and yet you seem to be in the delusion that it is a benefit to society and to everyone.

    Apple went out of its way to cripple other web engines on iOS to stop PWAs from becoming a viable replacement to the App store and yet you say they are not anticompetitive.

    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.

    You believe Apple is being punished, No, the government has made laws equal to all companies including Microsoft and Google, yet Apple is the biggest whiner and seems to believe that it should get special treatment. Tough luck.

    Maybe not insult other brands while making a fanboy esque article and even if you do at least state facts.
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  • 'Strong action' is coming if the EU doesn't like Apple's App Store concessions

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    red oak said:
    rax_mark said:
    red oak said:

    Spoken like a true socialist

    I believe in a healthy mixture of Capitalism and Socialism. Following only one to the letter is stupid and is detached from reality.

    red oak said:

    Apple opened up the browser, NFC, and allows game streaming apps.  And, allows distributions of apps outside of the App Store

    All of which they were compelled to do due to regulation, not out of a spirit for fair competition. The new app store policies that allow distribution of apps outside the iOS app store were made in such a way to make the process almost impossible to do monetarily while still being a gatekeeper to that process.

    red oak said:

    do you think Apple should get zero compensation for that?

    Isn't over 50% margin on the sale of iPhones compensation? Apple makes so much money on iphones alone that those profits should be able to fund all of their other hardware projects and software departments and even R&D. Airpods, Macs and watches don't hold a candle to the profit they make on iPhones. They could give free Airpods with iPhones and still make profit (this data is publicly available).

    Yet, Apple double dips (yearly developer program charges), triple dips (monthly 30% cut from developers), and is now planning to quad dip (core technology charges). At one point, intervention was inevitable, I only thought it would be developers protesting instead of government regulation. However, even with regulation they will make record profits on hardware sales. I don't think they are in a position to sympathize with.
    Did you join an hour ago here so you can argue for Spotify?  

    Apple did everything the DMA required.  Every single thing.  Let it go back to the courts, then to appeal, and then finally to the Court of Justice.    Maybe we'll have some clarification in 2027.  Until then,  Apple's business terms apply 


    Yes, I did create this account today as I don't have access to my previous one.

    However, that should be inconsequential to the statements I made and their validity.

    We will know whether the new policies follow the DMA in March.
    ctt_zh9secondkox2

  • 'Strong action' is coming if the EU doesn't like Apple's App Store concessions

    rax_markrax_mark
    red oak said:

    Spoken like a true socialist

    I believe in a healthy mixture of Capitalism and Socialism. Following only one to the letter is stupid and is detached from reality.

    red oak said:

    Apple opened up the browser, NFC, and allows game streaming apps.  And, allows distributions of apps outside of the App Store

    All of which they were compelled to do due to regulation, not out of a spirit for fair competition. The new app store policies that allow distribution of apps outside the iOS app store were made in such a way to make the process almost impossible to do monetarily while still being a gatekeeper to that process.

    red oak said:

    do you think Apple should get zero compensation for that?

    Isn't over 50% margin on the sale of iPhones compensation? Apple makes so much money on iphones alone that those profits should be able to fund all of their other hardware projects and software departments and even R&D. Airpods, Macs and watches don't hold a candle to the profit they make on iPhones. They could give free Airpods with iPhones and still make profit (this data is publicly available).

    Yet, Apple double dips (yearly developer program charges), triple dips (monthly 30% cut from developers), and is now planning to quad dip (core technology charges). At one point, intervention was inevitable, I only thought it would be developers protesting instead of government regulation. However, even with regulation they will make record profits on hardware sales. I don't think they are in a position to sympathize with.
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