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  • Future path of Apple's App Stores at stake in Monday's Supreme Court arguments

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    airnerd said:
    SpamSandwich said:
    Johan42 said:
    avon b7 said:
    I'm for choice in distribution models and less power for store controllers.

    I'd like to see developers have the option to opt out of the App Store if it suits their needs and for Apple to have less say on what is 'acceptable' or not. Likewise, choice would then extend to the end user.
    The open web exists for that. The App Store should be apple controlled.
    Apple wants to hoard as much money as possible, which is why they make it nearly impossible for the average user to side load apps. Controlling what I can or can’t do with my phone...pfft.
    If you want to damage your phone with harmful apps, go right ahead. You know good and well that this is really about people who are interested in loading up on stolen content.
    100% disagree with you on that one.  We have at least a half dozen apps that we use at my office which have to be sideloaded because they are created in house and wouldn't in a million years clear the App Store review. There is proprietary info in there and since it uses our LDAP credentials that too would be an issue.  There a plenty of use cases for a private app store besides stolen content.  
    Wait, I thought you said Apple controls the installation of apps. How can it be that your office has a half dozen apps that didn't get loaded from the App Store and that would never clear App Store review? How is that possible?
    ericthehalfbee

  • Future path of Apple's App Stores at stake in Monday's Supreme Court arguments

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    airnerd said:
    Mike Wuerthele said:
    chuckjaymoore said:
    Take the Alex Jones Info Wars app for instance. Apple doesn't want Info Wars in the app store for hate speech. This is an example of why Apple should allow developers to host their apps from their website. If I want to download Info Wars, I should be allowed to download it from infowars.com if App doesn't like the app. This is what I call a violation of the Antitrust Act.
    Yeah, this isn't a violation of the Antitrust act. There are potentially other issues with this, but antitrust isn't one of them.
    Can you help me understand why that example isn't an antitrust one?  Apple controls the only avenue to get an app onto a phone (short of an airwatch or some other esoteric workaround) and now refuses to allow the app to use the sole distribution channel.  Sounds exactly like an antitrust issue...restrict competition and then censor what you don't agree with.  
    Apple controls the only way to get apps onto a phone? Wow! They must be getting TONS of revenue from all those other phones out there not running iOS.
    Or maybe phones is the market like you implied, not Apple iOS phones...?
    ericthehalfbee

  • Google hit with $5B antitrust fine over Android search restrictions

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    Google could install their apps on their own phones all they want, it's when they require others to do the same (or lose access) that they get in trouble.
    Apple can not be found to do similar things as they only pre-install on their own devices and can't force other competing companies into installing Apples' wares.

    radarthekatwatto_cobra

  • Apple versus Samsung patent trial finally completely over

    studiomusicstudiomusic
    Our international nightmare is finally over.
    B)
    king editor the grateSpamSandwich

  • Proposed reforms could force Apple to pay taxes all over EU, instead of just in headquarte...

    studiomusicstudiomusic
    So preferential tax treatment for non-digital media companies with annual global revenues under $925 million, and sales within the E.U. that are less than about $61 million.
    Isn't that what the E.U. is attacking Apple on, preferential tax treatment?
    bshank