I have several Windows 7 Product Keys that I would like to use on Virtual Machines… Guess what? They don’t work.
When the App Store was first announced Steve Jobs said Apple would run it at break-even. Heck even Phil Schiller said Apple should cut its rate once the App Store hit a billion in annual profit. Of course that was before iPhone sales growth stalled and Apple needed to find another way to grow revenues.
www.theverge.com
And yet whenever a developer complains the snarky responses are that they can build their own OS/phone.
It's crazy how many people live and die based on every word Apple's marketing machine churns out.
Indeed. The only security nightmare is having no firewall on a device that's connected to a network 100% of the time.
Or installing an app that has been injected with hidden malware.
www.jamf.com
I have nothing against IAPs as such, if developers choose freely to use Apple's service. In fact, I'm pretty sure, that most are very happy with the deal they got so far. But it is also my position, that there needs to be competition for this kind of service. Monopolies are just not healthy for the economy, will be abused and lead to less innovation.
"For developers who choose to agree to the new business terms in the EU, membership in the Apple Developer Program includes one million first annual installs per year for free for apps distributed from the App Store and/or alternative marketplaces. Developers who achieve exceptional scale on iOS in the EU will pay a Core Technology Fee of €0.50 for each first annual install over one million in the past 12 months."
If there was a healthy competition in this space, I think we would need at least four competitors, then I would agree with you. But that is not where we are today. Two OS, both with commercial terms that are indistinguishable from each other. Have you noticed how similar Apple's and Google's terms are for apps that are distributed outside the official app stores? That tells you something about how well competition is working.
How can this be a Monopoly when there are Android and a lot of other vendors’ phones?
You have to blind (figuratively) or a stockholder of Apple or Google to not see that both companies absolutely dominate the app ecosystem.
We know they are a for profit company. We also know that no one rides for free and these third-party stores are run by grifters.
It’s not a monopoly or duopoly in the legal sense. People just claim that.
Haha. Then you're the exception to the rule 😉.
You really don't believe it will be a massive hit? I think it will never approach Apple's size, but I believe that the EU is right on this issue, Apple is making up security stuff as they have GREED in mind; small/medium businesses should be protected by these massive corporations. I normally don't care for Epic and what they have done deliberately going against Apple's App Store and developer rules, however someone has to take a stand and stop bullies even if it's a much smaller bully than the original bully - in this case AAPL - Tim's greed job should be coming to an end. And to change topic, I want a CEO who cares about the future not right now how much money he/she can make.
If Apple didn't create the platform, there would be no apps to sell; these devs may not even be developers. And I don't get the bully angle at all. Apple states up front what is involved in creating and selling apps.
Apple owns the platform, you can not have a monopoly of your own platform that you create and maintain.