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  • Facebook-owned Instagram also chafing at Apple's App Store control

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    It's stunning what these people think they are entitled to in terms of data.  What Facebook, Google and so on believe they should be able to gather, use and sell on us would be like if you went to the mall and the sales person in the department store started following you around with a notepad.  They'd write down every item you stopped to look at, note how long you looked at it, whether you picked it up or tried it on, then record all your purchases and what kind of payment you used.  Then to boot, they follow you out of their store into the mall and do the same thing in every other store you go to.  They note how much time you spent sitting in a common area just watching people.

    Then after it's all done, they compile that gathered information and not only use it for their own internal marketing purposes, but they will sell it to third parties so they can market stuff to you as well.
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  • Epic Games wanted a special deal for 'Fortnite' on the App Store

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    OutdoorAppDeveloper said:
    I, for one, would like to have at least the option to side load an alternate app store on some of my iOS devices. Sure that would possibly compromise their security but I will just be playing games on them, so I am not sure it matters really. Keep trying to convince me that I don't know what I want. That's what Apple thinks.
    You can.  On an inferior and less secure platform:  Android.  Wanna know one reason why it's inferior and less secure?  Side loading from alternate sources, many of which are based in God-knows-where, slipping God-knows-what onto people's devices.

    I like having a more secure platform without that crap out there infecting the rest of us too.
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  • Epic Games wanted a special deal for 'Fortnite' on the App Store

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    lolliver said:
    kmarei said:
    ITGUYINSD said:
    qwerty52 said:
    This new fact confirms what there is behind Epic’s shouting and crying about Apple’s monopoly and about absence of freedom in AppStore.
    Money, money and ones again money!
    There really wasn’t any question about it. If Epic could have shown they have been damaged by paying Apple 30%, then they might have a point in this lawsuit. What they have shown is that Apple made them a lot of money and took care of the hosting, billing and bookkeeping for Fortnite for 30% of billions. 

    Those poor bastards. 
    Hosting?  Apple doesn't host the game servers.  They host the server where a tiny app lives that Apple forces Epic customer to download from.  That's it.  Once downloaded, Apple's job is done.  Why should Apple get 30% for "billing and bookkeeping" when Epic is perfectly capable of doing that itself if not for the fact that Apple forces them to go through Apple and pay 30%?  I wonder how many bookkeepers in the companies of the world get 30% of the companies revenue (not profit, but gross revenue)?  I'd venture a guess of practically NONE.

    To be fair, Epic should charge $1.99 for the app, and Apple gets 30% of that.  Then, all the IAP's are through Epic payment systems since Apple has nothing to do with that.  
    I was referring to hosting the App. Imagine how many times a day Fortnite was downloaded during the peak of popularity, plus whenever there is an update. That costs money and resources. 

    The reason why is they AGREED to it. The App Store was created for any developer to make an app. That’s why Apple takes care of those issues. So a mom and pop developer doesn’t spend a ton of money on hosting their app, processing their payments, and breaking down what taxes they need to submit. Just because Epic is big enough to do it itself doesn’t justify breaking the agreement. 

    Your handle implies that you work in IT, so if you do, let’s put it this way. 
    Some IT specialists get several hundreds an hour for their work. Sometimes, they only need to work less than an hour, but their agreement states they get paid a minimum of let’s say 3 hours. Is that fair? Well, yes, that’s what their employers agreed to. 
    People can download the game directly to their android phone from the fortnite servers with zero issue 


    Epic tried to avoid the Google Play store at first but realised it was limiting their sales. So yes, you can instal Fortnight directly without using the Play Store but it’s not without issue. 

    The difference is like selling a product out of your car on the side of the road versus getting it stocked at Walmart. 

    Paying only a 30% commission to have your app stocked In the 2 most popular app stores in the world seems like a great deal to me. 

    Yep.  Side loading apps can be sketchy business and most people don't know how to do that in a safe way consistently.  They have little to no understanding on how to vet sources and distinguish legit ones from fake ones.  So they'd rather do it the simple and safe way through the App Store or Google Play store.  
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  • Epic Games wanted a special deal for 'Fortnite' on the App Store

    titantigertitantiger
    I'm sorry but if you willingly pay the 30% fee to Xbox and Playstation to be on their consoles, you can hardly bitch about Apple doing the same on their App Store and platform.  
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  • Review: The Rock Space AC1200 compromises on security for cheap whole-home Wi-Fi

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    I'm confused.  WPA2-PSK can be used with AES or TKIP.  AES is the more secure method.  Are you saying this router only uses TKIP?  The article only states that it uses WPA2-PSK.
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