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  • Epic's Tim Sweeney is mad about Apple's EU App Store concessions

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    As a developer myself, the 30% fee is chump change when you consider what us developers had to do prior to the App Store, and prior to the modern smartphone.  We had to advertise our software, handle payments, and provide packaged software products, etc... it was hard.  For Apple, its bread-and-butter are the customers that buy its products and works hard to keep those customers coming back for more.  Customers are where Apple keeps its focus on, NOT developers.  Developers have the privilege of accessing hundreds of millions of those hard-earned customers on a platform that is provided, maintained, and improved upon BY Apple.  Developers nowadays have it easy, yet a vocal few demand that Apple provide that entire infrastructure for free.  Screw you.  You're an embarrassment to us legit developers.  

    Those losers essentially want the iPhone to be like Android.  Good luck with that.
    thtwilliamlondonAppleZuluzeus423Bart Ywatto_cobradarelrex

  • Apple prepares to enable sideloading and App Store changes in EU

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    Many years ago when the iPhone was really increasing their market share, I remember a huge media announcement that the iPhone was hacked, compromised, with data being stolen.  It was everywhere.  They all said that iPhone security was not all it was cracked-up to be.

    Of course, at the very end of the stories it was mentioned (in extremely tiny print with an asterisk) that the iPhone was jailbroken and it was a side-loaded app did it.

    Guarantee there will be a floodgate of side-loaded apps that will steal data and as users refuse to accept responsibility for their own stupidity, everyone will blame Apple.
    williamlondonbadmonkwatto_cobraAllM

  • AirTag saves Christmas, tracks down luggage stolen from Charlotte airport

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    I understand why police don't recommend people go after thieves that steal their belongings.  I do.  At the same time, it gets really old to hear.  In this particular situation,  either police should step up their surveillance of people that loiter around baggage claims, or make it a priority to capture these people when the theft happens.

    People have to go through security to get to a gate.  Airports should do the same for baggage claim.  People off the street should not be allowed to enter the baggage claim area.  In my airport, international travelers pick up their luggage while still behind secured areas.  Domestic travel is wide-open for anyone to walk into the area from the street and have a free-for-all.  It's wrong.
    ravnorodom

  • Beeper's CEO wants to sue Apple for blocking its iMessage bridge hack

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    Proof that these clowns learn nothing from history.

    I remember when PalmPilot tried to pull a similar stunt by pretending to be an iPod in order to connnect/sync to iTunes.  So where's PalmPilot now?  Exactly.

    Is Beeper's CEO originally from PalmPilot?
    Anilu_777Alex1Nwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Stolen Device Protection to thwart iPhone thieves with passcodes with time delay

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    I wonder if this is just an encapsulated feature of screen time.  I already have all this activated in the event my phone gets stolen.  There is no way a thief will get access to my phone and change credentials.  It does take a few steps to set it up but once set up, it gives me peace of mind.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra