icoco3

foggyhill said:

hittrj01 said:

What?? Please take a second to think about the logistics of what you just wrote. If someone has female genitalia, they are a female, and vice versa for male. This whole issue is a mental illness issue. And before you label me a bigot and hateful and whatever else, look up Gender Identity Disorder and Gender Dysphoria. They are medically recognized mental disorders that they are trying to find a cure for.

I am all for people getting help, but getting the right kind of help is the only real solution. Chopping something off or putting something there that isn't doesn't make the real problem go away.

Is that medical expertise or is that some bullshit coming out of your fucking mouth.

rogifan_new said:

Rayz2016 said:

Well, to begin with, Apple has decided not to charge if you're not making money themselves. They could charge 'rent' for being on the Apple store, whether you make money or not, but that wouldn't go down very well, and I'm sure that Spotify would still complain.

Secondly, as I mentioned earlier, the cost of processing credit cards doesn't begin and end with the transaction fee. (I used to work for a credit card company that went bust because it didn't realise this.)

Thirdly, if Apple is charging too much then they'll be punished for it because that's how the market works.

Spotify would prefer not to use iTunes billing (and thus pay Apple 30%) but Apple gives you no other option so you either use it or force people to sign up outside the app. What's consumer friendly about me having to pay $3/mo more for a service or in the case of, say, books, having to go to the browser every time I want to buy an ebook? On Android you can buy books directly from the Kindle app. Seems to me that's a better user experience.

rogifan_new said:

icoco3 said:

Well that's a fallacy.  How come all the Walmart brands sell for less than the brand name ones?

How is a Walmart brand the "exact same product" as a brand name one? It's not hence why they can sell it cheaper.

sflocal said:

But...but... Android fanboys are always telling us their cheap, shitty Android tablets are so much more superior to iPads!!  Say it ain't so!

macarena said:

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Just take the Amazon shopping app - You can download the app for free, pay Amazon directly, and Apple is not involved in the picture at all. Why should it not be the same for Spotify? Spotify is using the App Store exactly in the same way that the Amazon shopping app is using it. They arent hosting their music on Apple Servers, nor are they streaming from Apple.
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