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22july2013 said:

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22july2013 said:

fastasleep said:

22july2013 said:

Although I have frequently said Apple has the option of shutting down the App Store, I don't believe Apple has that option as their Plan A. However if it is forced to do that, then having subscription based apps might be part of their Plan B. We might be seeing Plan B taking shape here.

Wrong, as usual.
(1) Why would any of this indicate a shutting down of the App Store?
(2) WHY would Apple want to shut down the App Store?

(2) Apple would absolutely want to shut down its third party app store if, for example, and there are many more examples, governments decide to prohibit by law Apple from taking a 30% cut and limited their cut to 3%, just as many posters on this website have been arguing, and some politicians in some countries have been proposing. Have you been reading this website? Do you know what people here are saying? Do you agree that Apple is not a charity for its competitors? Do you really believe Apple would continue running the App Store in any country if the government outlawed profits for app stores in that country? Answer that. But of course you won't answer that, and I know you won't answer that, because people with your views always refuse to answer simple questions. I dare you to answer it. And I will celebrate my prescience when you don't answer it.

(1) I didn't say that this was proof that Apple would shut down the App Store. I said that software subscriptions might be how Apple plans to provide its own software to customers if the App Store was shut down. If you re-read my post, I said that I don't believe Apple wants to shut down the app store. I bolded the words in my post so that you could find them more easily if you decide to re-read that post.

Do you realize that Apple has no legal requirement to maintain an app store? If you disagree with that, tell me which law forces Apple to maintain an app store.

That rant is full of strawman arguments and ad hominem. 

Apple is not going to shut down the app
store. It probably wouldn’t shut down the app
store even if it was operating at a loss. That’s one of the strengths of the platform. Insane idea. 

So you are saying that Apple would comply with any law in any jurisdiction in the world no matter what the law said. I don't believe you at all. And my proof is that there are countries that Apple already refuses to do business in. How do you explain that?

22july2013 said:

fastasleep said:

22july2013 said:

Although I have frequently said Apple has the option of shutting down the App Store, I don't believe Apple has that option as their Plan A. However if it is forced to do that, then having subscription based apps might be part of their Plan B. We might be seeing Plan B taking shape here.

Wrong, as usual.
(1) Why would any of this indicate a shutting down of the App Store?
(2) WHY would Apple want to shut down the App Store?

(2) Apple would absolutely want to shut down its third party app store if, for example, and there are many more examples, governments decide to prohibit by law Apple from taking a 30% cut and limited their cut to 3%, just as many posters on this website have been arguing, and some politicians in some countries have been proposing. Have you been reading this website? Do you know what people here are saying? Do you agree that Apple is not a charity for its competitors? Do you really believe Apple would continue running the App Store in any country if the government outlawed profits for app stores in that country? Answer that. But of course you won't answer that, and I know you won't answer that, because people with your views always refuse to answer simple questions. I dare you to answer it. And I will celebrate my prescience when you don't answer it.

(1) I didn't say that this was proof that Apple would shut down the App Store. I said that software subscriptions might be how Apple plans to provide its own software to customers if the App Store was shut down. If you re-read my post, I said that I don't believe Apple wants to shut down the app store. I bolded the words in my post so that you could find them more easily if you decide to re-read that post.

Do you realize that Apple has no legal requirement to maintain an app store? If you disagree with that, tell me which law forces Apple to maintain an app store.

doggone said:

I don’t quite get why Apple would bring back these legacy ports. 

USB-C offers the ultimate flexibility. Get a dongle hub and you can have all those connections and more.  And you are not just limited to one side.  

I have one in my office setup and used to use it when we were allowed to travel. Also plugging in a far easier since you do not have to orient the connect a specific way. 

Also if you do need to use cards, then a dongle approach will cover all types and covers all throughput.  

Compared to my old MBP which had a range of ports, I am much happier with the USB-C solution. It offers everything I would need, especially with 4 ports and the choice of which side I want to plug in. 

22july2013 said:

I recall seeing articles on AI years ago that some vendors count sales when a phone is transferred from the manufacturer to the retailer, even if the retailer never gets it into the hands of a consumer. Is this still the case, and is that how we need to read these stats?