Hard not to notice this after checking out with a 2K EUR iPhone Pro Max 1TB in the store 😂.Still absolutely preposterous people do not realize Apple is a for profit company.
Hard not to notice this after checking out with a 2K EUR iPhone Pro Max 1TB in the store 😂.Still absolutely preposterous people do not realize Apple is a for profit company.
Well, I grant you that, though particularly in the case of iOS, you can’t use the software without the hardware, and vice versa. The argument that Apple couldn’t fully subsidize its OS development with the hardware sales, as they had no trouble to do in the past, and as they still do with the Macs, is still absurd.Yes, you can. That's what the EU is doing. The "gatekeeper" stuff is entirely oriented around software.
Not any longer, I think?Windows 11 is a free upgrade for Windows 10 users.
I think you’re confusing it with upgrading from Windows 7/8, which nominally stopped being free at some point.Not any longer, I think?
Apple created IAP as another way for developers to monetize their apps. Again, if you think developers are worthy of charging for things why not Apple?It's not comparable. A one time commission in brick and mortar stores is different from earning a hefty fee on every transaction AFTER the sale.
Totally agree. And this was a nice gesture by Epic which people can’t even say something nice about. Companies fight just like people - because companies are run by people for the top 1% who are the company shareholders!Still absolutely preposterous Apple feels 'entitled' to a fee for software to run on hardware customers PAY for. Imagine having to pay a royalty to Microsoft for every executable you run or distribute on Windows. It's crazy!
It is "free" aka subsidized by the commercial versions of Windows.Windows 11 is a free upgrade for Windows 10 users.
Not true.Windows is not free, you have to pay to upgrade.
You've stumbled onto the solution: app developers just need to develop their own OS (easy according to you) and then subsidize the cost by selling their own hardware (also easy according to you).The argument that Apple couldn’t fully subsidize its OS development with the hardware sales, as they had no trouble to do in the past, and as they still do with the Macs, is still absurd.
Everything "free" is subsidized by something else... like in the a$$le wallet garden... or this concept has been discovered by you only for Microsoft?It is "free" aka subsidized by the commercial versions of Windows.
The alt store hasn't even reached the fee level anyways. It’s all bostering.Totally agree. And this was a nice gesture by Epic which people can’t even say something nice about. Companies fight just like people - because companies are run by people for the top 1% who are the company shareholders!
If I buy an Apple product, I should be able to do whatever I want with it. And for Apple to force all this is anticompetitive monopolistic behavior!
It’s almost as if Epic, Apple and Microsoft are all trying to make $$.Everything "free" is subsidized by something else... like in the a$$le wallet garden... or this concept has been discovered by you only for Microsoft?
That is kind of my point, and when you take away the subsidy, the money has to come from somewhere else.Everything "free" is subsidized by something else... like in the a$$le wallet garden... or this concept has been discovered by you only for Microsoft?
And both OSes come from US companies. None originate from the EU.If developing a commercially viable mobile operating system is no big deal, why are there only two in the EU?
Yeah, but Windows 11 is 💩.Windows 11 is a free upgrade for Windows 10 users.
Last time I checked I had to pay for it to legally obtain it.Not true.
Any security issue would be a bug in iOS. Apple has full control over that.
Last time I checked I had to pay for it to legally obtain it.
Since when is the iPhone (or iPad) a console? Apple has certainly never marketed them that way.Well, we do it for consoles.
But good for Altstore, though I suspect it's more about trying to get back at Apple indirectly, than any sort of altruism on Epic's part. We will see if it ends up costing them anything in the long run.
Ok fine, then make every app cost something to download and charge the commission on that. Of course Apple would never do that because they know users won’t download apps if they’re not “free”.How can you say that is convoluted when it's been the standard practice for decades? Software sold in brick/mortar retail was always subject to commission.
He hates Apple and wants to become a ‘Hero’.Bro (Tim Sweeney) is spending money on AltStore for everyone basically instead of earning money from the App Store himself…
Just put Fortnite back on the App Store, I spend money on Fortnite, everyone is happy.
slander, as we know when things like this happen, Apple will be slandered.Take them to court for what?