I 100% hate the way they handle the app store security checks, but with a store as large as it is and with the limited workforce they currently employ I get it. Here's hoping they can work out some AI to better to assist with flushing out malicious apps.
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Apple Could Be Forced to Follow New Digital Competition Rules or Face Fines, Under UK Proposal
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THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN:
New Law that would require Apple to disclose per-Category Revenue Numbers for (at least) the iOS App Store in the States & in the U.K., & require them to do so at the end of each work week.
Also, that the per-week per-Category Reports should include what percentage was generated by the Top 10 Apps in each category, as well as what percentage of apps in each category generated NO revenue.
So, three columns of data per Category, reported by Apple every week.
New Law that would require Apple to disclose per-Category Revenue Numbers for (at least) the iOS App Store in the States & in the U.K., & require them to do so at the end of each work week.
Also, that the per-week per-Category Reports should include what percentage was generated by the Top 10 Apps in each category, as well as what percentage of apps in each category generated NO revenue.
So, three columns of data per Category, reported by Apple every week.
Why. what is it to you? Don't turn on the trust other sources...Nothing changes for you.
Apple should listen to the MacRumour commentators. Just pull out of UK, and EU market.
It's not just tech companies...the UK government wants its citizens to follow new rules of acceptable behaviour...with nightclubs "voluntarily" checking for double jab status before letting people in. "Voluntarily" in this context meaning "you either do it or we make you do it"...just for clarity.
And then that could expand to other "venues where large groups assemble"...like supermarkets and stores you mean??
Looks like your iPhone isn't the only thing that the UK government wants the ability to side load things on...looks like your body is fair game too if you are unfortunate enough to live in the United "Brave New World of 1984" Kingdom
I had my second dose, since then I have been getting teams requests constantly in my ears. FFS!It's not just tech companies...the UK government wants its citizens to follow new rules of acceptable behaviour...with nightclubs "voluntarily" checking for double jab status before letting people in. "Voluntarily" in this context meaning "you either do it or we make you do it"...just for clarity.
And then that could expand to other "venues where large groups assemble"...like supermarkets and stores you mean??
Looks like your iPhone isn't the only thing that the UK government wants the ability to side load things on...looks like your body is fair game too if you are unfortunate enough to live in the United "Brave New World of 1984" Kingdom
Are firmware and software updates OTA, at a local clinic, or will they mail out a handy clip on plug🤔
That's an argument for Apple to make the Mac App Store a more compelling distribution channel for macOS apps, not the other way around. The iOS App Store only exists as it does today because it's the only option for all but a sliver of app distribution, giving Apple essentially no incentive to compete or innovate given iOS’s status as a duopoly with Android, where the terms for the Play Store are more or less the same.
The WORLD is giving the user a choice. Buy any phone from any vendor you like. One should educate oneself, though. Because they shouldn’t expect to buy a non-folding phone then, after purchase, demand that it be a folding phone. They shouldn’t expect to buy an Android phone and, after purchase, demand that it run iOS apps.
They have a choice to bow to the fruit, as you say, or not. Some people want to, some people don’t. Smart people think before making a decision, weigh the pros and cons, and then choose what’s best for them.
They can add an app, but the store is rigged and the search results are curated. If an app uses search ads and IAPs then that app can have 3 places in the top 10 results. Everything is skewed so as to shake down end users. It isn't fair for anyone.
You can still use the app store, but those who want the choice will be able to download from alternate stores that perhaps focus on a level playing field, fairness and transparency.
Yeah it’s bizarre. If this is going to happen game consoles should have the same rules.
Not at all. They want to give users the CHOICE to get their content from other sources. IF you like the walled app store where apple rips off their developers, no problem. DON'T USE THE OTHERS. Oh, and safe on iOS is a funny term too. No safer than any other platform.
We might criticise them as being totally focussed on England, (insofar as they have the capability of focussing at all), but they are actually supposed to to be the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Any choice is bound to be more apparent than real. Imagine, you can get your apps from Google, Microsoft, Amazon or good ol' Apple. Even if they all handle all flavours of app, that choice will be illusory as they are all driven by the same need to make money and limited capacity to really compete.
thing is...what if one only takes 5% cut? epic will go to them, be fine, and everyone can get their games there. There will be competition...and it will be good.
I am British and don’t agree with this our government couldn’t sort out a bill in a china shop.