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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'We Want to Get Every App We Can on the Store, Not Keep Them Off'
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Like I said before, the purest sense of the word means that my oven is a computer. My car is a computer, Yes a phone is a computer and a tablet is a computer. My watch is a computer. However, it has become standard for discussions that computers = desktop/laptop. Tablets = iPad for example. Phone = iPhone for example.
The iPad is a computer, regardless of whether people want to acknowledge it as such.
It’s also an alternative, rather than a replacement for the Mac, which makes sense, because this means that users have a choice between two distinct computing experiences depending on their needs.
1.) AAPL has a Complete & Total Stranglehold on "App Discovery" in their "curated" iOS App Stores around the world !
2.) AAPL "Plays Favorites".
Both are easy to prove !
New Law, that will illustrate both to the General Public, will begin to be drafted (by Congress) shortly AFTER today's Hearing !
The General Public will begin to hear-about the details 1-3 weeks from now.
I don't expect much, if anything, out of today's Hearing.
Let the "Trust Busting" begin ! ...
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The iPhone is NO MORE THAN a fancy computer !
Unfortunately, most who own one don't know the difference between DRAM & NAND Flash Storage !
2.) AAPL "Plays Favorites".
Both are easy to prove !
New Law, that will illustrate both to the General Public, will begin to be drafted (by Congress) shortly AFTER today's Hearing !
The General Public will begin to hear-about the details 1-3 weeks from now.
I don't expect much, if anything, out of today's Hearing.
Let the "Trust Busting" begin ! ...
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The iPhone is NO MORE THAN a fancy computer !
Unfortunately, most who own one don't know the difference between DRAM & NAND Flash Storage !
And the beauty is that people don’t need to, and shouldn’t have to, in order to get meaningful work done.
Yes, its correct, it is a computer 100%. Just like saying a car is a computer is correct.
Why do you, congress, myself get to decide how Apple's business works? This is the entire concept of capitalism. Android is open. Move over there. If Apple starts to fail because of the migration to Android, iOS will become more open as a response. Or they could let the ship sink. Its their business.
Okay Mr. Congress. Start with Google, Facebook and Amazon...then take on Apple. Should be 5-10 years at that point.
A doctor giving you a lifesaving surgery, depending on their iphone, doesn't need to know the difference.
Correction. Android is the dominant platform. Windows screwed itself over and should have taken on android.
No, the key point you’re misstating is that Apple doesn’t prevent anyone from telling folks there are other ways to sign up, they prevent them from using the App Store to advertise those methods— why should any on line or bricks and mortar store be forced to let competitors a use their store/resources to advertise? Lol
That's your problem. At the end of the day, developers are complaining that they don't have a choice to bypass the 30% / 15% Apple fee which is false because they do. Now you can make a good case that it's wrong that Apple doesn't allow Netflix to let users know, within the app itself, that users can sign up on Netflix's website for cheaper. I would agree that. But regarding the scenario that you described, which is exactly how it works by the way, I have no issue with it.
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I agree and this is wrong and should be changed.
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Xcode 12 — which has this year’s SDKs for macOS Big Sur, iOS/“iPadOS” 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14 — allows you to deploy back to iOS 9 if you want.
Then clearly you wouldn’t buy a mac. It’s as clear as day: not a single person or company in the world forced you to buy an iphone, or a mac. In fact there are countless competitors who offer cheaper and higher spec devices. When you buy apple you buy the experience, which includes security and quality of life benefits, but also comes with clear drawbacks. We all knew that going in
Part of Ideal New Law ?
Totals, plus broken-down by Category:
1.) How many of the 1.7M apps in the App Store have generated more than $100 USD in Revenue ?
2.) Likewise, how may have generated more than $1K USD in Revenue ?
3.) Likewise, how many have generated more than $10K USD in Revenue ?
Need absolute numbers + percentages.
Never thought of this before today, but I think this is a good one, & a counter to Cook's comment about 1.7M apps in the App Store.
I will pass this off to "the Subcommittee" later today !
Totals, plus broken-down by Category:
1.) How many of the 1.7M apps in the App Store have generated more than $100 USD in Revenue ?
2.) Likewise, how may have generated more than $1K USD in Revenue ?
3.) Likewise, how many have generated more than $10K USD in Revenue ?
Need absolute numbers + percentages.
Never thought of this before today, but I think this is a good one, & a counter to Cook's comment about 1.7M apps in the App Store.
I will pass this off to "the Subcommittee" later today !
I don't think that will happen, but for arguments sake let's continue. So what if that happens? You are essentially advocating businesses be controlled how they operate at a level that has never been done before.
There will probably be an EU specific version of iOS, just like Windows N that excludes Windows Media Player for the EU environments.
What are the Windows 10 N and KN Editions?
Having a N or KN edition of Windows 10 means you're missing some important features.
I honestly do not agree with this sort of micro-managing of a business. Capitalism will determine if Apple succeeds if they disallow outside Mac App Store programs on macOS. The government has bigger issues to deal with, like true anti-competitive behavior and monopolies like Spectrum internet and their fight with Google Fiber at several locations.