What most users are downloading? 🤣 As far as I'm aware, Apple Maps is preinstalled on every iPhone and iPad. So who's downloading it?
I've found that overall that is NOT to the case for the majority of Apps from Email, Office Apps, Photo editing and more.
"You didn't sue us when we launched the App Store in 2008 so you can't sue us today" is a take.
100%.
You have to keep in mind that search results will differ from one person to another. Here are my results vs yours
I am stuck with Spectrum Charter (because despite their name, they are separate from and actually much worse than Spectrum TW) as my only option until who knows when because of municipal exclusivity agreements. It is things like this that make it clear who is buying and selling political stances.
It is unfair to carriers who cannot force their unremovable crapware onto iPhones!If people are upset that Apple's apps appear high on the list in the App Store... they must be furious to know that many Apple apps also come preloaded on the iPhones with nice shiny icons on the home screen.
Pretty soon we will have companies like EverNote suing Apple because Apple Notes comes installed on the phone.
That's where this is headed, right? Big bad Apple preinstalling apps on the iPhone which disenfranchises and is unfair to smaller weaker developers.
Yikes.
Sony moved their headquarters to the US and started getting heavy-handed with the censoring, did they not?
And then there states like NC that will fine the electrical companies for unimaginable coal ash disasters and let them pass that expense right along to the consumers.
That is not the best example since the search is for “Map” and “Maps” is arguably a much closer match than “Google Maps” and especially “Waze Navigation”.
Spectrum Time Warner gave me a sweetheart deal of $30/mo for 3 years because Google Fiber was in town (my apartment refused to even entertain the idea of having it connected). No contract. I moved a short distance away, but now in Spectrum Charter territory. “Oh, our systems aren’t integrated yet and we cannot honor that offer because it is a different market.”
Both Google and Apple Maps are installed.
Literally? Doesn’t mean what you think it does as it hasn’t really been done in decades.
You have to keep in mind that search results will differ from one person to another. Here are my results vs yours
Apple Maps is #2. Search term = Navigation
Apple Maps is #1. Search terms = Map and Maps
Mail is #1. Search term = mail but #2 using search term = email
Photos isn't even in top 70 using search term = photo editing. Walgreens app was #71
iMovie is #5. Search term = video editing
That's fair, the stock apps' generic names can both hinder or help (when not looking for a particular app at least).
Yeah it varies by region I'm sure, that picture was on the Canadian store. I concur that Apple apps aren't always at the top.
A lot of these countries are broke and looking for additional revenue sources. Apple's pile of cash and quarterly printing of money with record profits looks quite tasty.
Good work! I suppose Sony will be next on the list regarding PlayStation?![]()
Apple's App Store policies may be violating Japanese antitrust law, according to a new report from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) that was shared by Nikkei. Japanese regulators do not believe there is enough "competitive pressure" on Apple and Google as the two companies have a duopoly in mobile operating systems and dominate the app market.
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Japanese regulators want Apple and Google to allow users to choose third-party payment methods for apps and services, rather than forcing them to use the built-in purchase options in the App Store and Play Store. Google allows for third-party payment options for apps as of 2022, as does Apple in a very limited number of countries that have passed legislation calling for alternate payments.
The FTC suggested that app store commission rates between 15 and 30 percent could be an abuse of a dominant bargaining position. Apple in response said that a commission-based model was the best way to encourage development, while Google said that most developers are charged rates of 15 percent or less.
The two companies were also accused of manipulating search rankings to favor their own apps over competitors, which they denied.
The Japan FTC is calling for further regulation to suppress anti-competitive behavior, and said that it plans to work with the government council on digital competition on new laws. FTC head Ryota Inaba told Nikkei that the group will "respond strictly to any behavior found to violate antitrust law."
Today's report suggests that Japan could force Apple into accepting third-party payment options, something that it already does in South Korea after the country passed a law banning app store operators from forcing developers to use their billing systems. Apple has a similar allowance for dating apps in the Netherlands, allowing them to accept alternative payment methods after a dispute with the country's Authority for Consumers and Markets.
In Europe, Apple is gearing up to accommodate the Digital Markets Act, which will require it to allow apps to be downloaded on the iPhone using sideloading or alternate app stores, functionality expected as soon as iOS 17.
Article Link: App Store May Violate Japanese Antitrust Law
I am more confident, that Apple will open this and other things up and after they do, 97.657% of their hardware users will still just the Apple app store for apps and payments.
