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  • Analysts contradict Apple's assessment of Q2, suggests pull-forward in demand helped

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    Tim knows exactly how many iPhones were sold and when/where. They are accusing Tim Cook of lying -  while they are just guessing. 
    For TC to lie would be a very serious offense, and highly unlikely.

    iooi

  • Epic Games Store Webshops launches to help iOS developers offer out-of-app purchases

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    elijahg said:
    12% seems like rather a lot for what appears to be nothing more than a payment processor.  Why not use Paypal which is something like 1.5%?
    So the penny finally drops. So let's be clear, Epics court case was not some kind of 1984 freedom from oppression battle. It was first and foremost a plan for them to increase their revenue by acting as a payment processor and diverting money that would normally go to Apple into their pockets.

    I guess they have some kind of API so that an app can check the user paid for the feature.  Funny how they came up with 12% < 15%? 

    Can they provide anything as frictionless as Apple provides in terms of payment processing?  Apple deals with the vagaries of purchases made in USA vs EU vs Brazil vs Japan etc and provides detailed reporting and marketing information to a developer for their 15%-30%. 

    I would guess some greedy app developers will try this but I see a lot of customer resistance.
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  • Epic Games vs Apple -- The continuing App Store saga

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    So I guess the end result could be an app developer can now be on the App Store as a free app, then have a link to an outside payment system to activate paid features as to completely bypass paying Apple for the incredible value of the iOS ecosystem and App Store?
    danoxDetnator

  • Two new iPhone factories years in the making open in India

    looplessloopless
    More brilliant decision making by Tim Cook - remember this decision was taken many years ago.
    williamlondon

  • Apple's App Store used to host free VPN apps with ties to China military

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    Farago said:
    Western countries are idiots.
    That this comes as a surprise is just pathetic—of course the Chinese military is going to do everything it can to spy on the West.
    - Chinese hackers stole trillions in intellectual property theft (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-hackers-took-trillions-in-intellectual-property-from-about-30-multinational-companies/)
    - Zoom is deeply in bed with the Chinese military
    - China's human rights record is right up there with Hitler's
    The CCP is a heinous regime with whom we should not be engaging.
    Apple needs to get out of China and show some moral leadership.

    Yeah....China..... Where masked police just grab people off the street , don't charge them with any crimes , then ship them off to a detention facility in the middle of nowhere and make it impossible for their lawyers to contact them. Just like Hitler's regime.  Or maybe you are confusing it with another country.
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