Others are welcomed to start their own. Blackberry couldn’t keep up, and they got out. At some point they were dominating the corporate world. Microsoft had that chance too but they blew it. But they snoozed and lose to Apple. Then Google emerged with Android phones.
Well, who else is out there deserving to dominate? Domination doesn’t come free, it needs to be earned.
And then other companies will join and it will be a oligopoly (3 or more), and people will still cry about…
Baseless uneducated fearmongering as usual. At least understand how iOS works before making claims like this.
I believe the EU is wrong.
Imo they aren’t.
They have their good name to protect.
Lest it be forgotten unlike air, food, finances or water an iPhone is not a living necessity.
Bullies? So companies that run their business counter to your opinion are bullies?
Hint: Tim’s job is not going anywhere he doesn’t want it to.
Okay. Maybe you can marshal the troops and lead an investor revolution. Good luck.
There's a lot you can do to stifle competition when you have a couple trillion lying around. "Commercially viable" is a copout term when the two who own the market can just eat or trample any company that could challenge them in the future. Both Android and iOS are mature, the development costs are not as big as they were when they were young. But they are cash cows and both companies will use all their power to milk every cent from them as long as the EU lets them. We all know the US legislators don't have enough motivation to fight corporate overreach, there's no money in it.
The CTF was €0.50. So, they charged €0.50 to cover the CTF. And I guess, they charged another €1.00 to cover… the blank spaces in their pockets?
The CTF didn’t exist before the DMA. And, yes, I agree with you that the DMA is just plain wrong, but for now, it’s the law of the land.
Exactly that! I hope the EU makes an example of Apple with a hefty fine so that they don't try this again in the future. F* around and find out.
Absolutely preposterous the above sentiment as well. That people feel entitled enough to decry that apple isn’t entitled to anything.
If I am not mistaken, the 30% App Store cut was actually inspired by companies like Nintendo, who were already charging a similar commission at the time. It's not unreasonable to assume that at the time, Steve Jobs viewed the iPhone as more of a closed ecosystem along the lines of gaming consoles (where he could market security, safety and convenience as key selling points), rather than the "anything goes" open nature of the PC, which at the time was also rife with viruses and malware.
Well, we don’t have those laws in EU, here you cannot slander a company, only individuals.
They were already charging well over the CTF fee. Now that they’ve lined their pockets with that, plus Patreon plus Epic, they’re not going to refund the folks that paid.
Spite is to hurt, annoy, or offend. Apple says AltStore PAL has to pay the CTF. The CTF is getting paid (by Epic).
Apple sell empty glass and metal shells that run the operating systems we align with. You don’t buy an iPhone as much as iOS itself. Said device comes with X years worth of updates included in the upfront cost.
Yeah, it’s super easy. Barely an inconvenience. Apple’s built a customer base that is willing to and comfortable with spending money via digital transactions with millions of credit card accounts willingly entered into the system over years and years. I’m sure these VERY talented and “I don’t need Apple’s help” developers should be able to copy that success in like… 4 weeks?
