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Apple Faces Daily Fines in Brazil Over App Store Payment Restrictions
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...do you know where Brazil is?
Brazil's politicians have made Apple products more expensive in Brazil than any other country on earth.
Computers are crucial tools for economic self-empowerment.
They have kicked every low-income Brazillian family to the kerb.
Truly, one of the most disgusting policies that I've heard of.
An entire generation of young Brazillian entrepreneurs will never exist because of these wealthy political psychopaths.
Computers are crucial tools for economic self-empowerment.
They have kicked every low-income Brazillian family to the kerb.
Truly, one of the most disgusting policies that I've heard of.
An entire generation of young Brazillian entrepreneurs will never exist because of these wealthy political psychopaths.
More like copycat capitalism.
Guilty of having an integrated ecosystem? Well, I disagree with the word "guilty" being used because it implies something is wrong with Apple's approach, but Apple does have an integrated ecosystem. That's why people like me have an iPhone, a Mac, etc. -- so we can have an integrated ecosystem. I wouldn't mind being able to "sideload" apps onto my iPhone like I do with my Mac, but it's not something I have to have for my phone to be useful to me.
That’s because of import tariffs on non Brazilian products
The exact same will happen in the USA when trump puts his import tariffs in for things being imported
The flip side will be bye bye to free Apps.
Why would they do that ?
The USA is 4% of the worlds population, the other 96% is where all the growth is.
How will it be a lose for consumers
Nobody is forcing you to make anything downloaded to your mobile that you don’t want
Another tinpot government in a failing banana republic who don't want to take responsibility for their failures so they resort to theft.
No you cannot grow where there are failing states, which is more than half the world. Even in rich countries the poor get poorer and can't afford to eat.
As I've mentioned in the past, Apple has allowed sideloading (aka installing apps) for a very long time. It can be done right now by anyone using Apple products. Larger corporations do it all the time when deploying devices. The "catch" is that Apple does not make it easy to do for the layman. In all the time that it has been allowed, there have been no major issues.
Interestingly, most of the world runs on Android, which allows sideloading, and yet the apocalypse has not happened.
Those who see this as a win don’t see it as a lose and those who see this as a lose don’t see it as a win.
According to the Eay apple is important as it makes the most money. So we will see what happens as bad actors ramp up to speed in the eu.
When you buy any mobile you are not forced to download anything you don’t want to.
But you are currently forced to pay a certain way to purchase something
It’s a lose for consumers and a win for big developers, imo.
How’s it lose for consumers when ultimately you will have more choice
Please explain
A lot of countries trying to increase their revenue by fining Apple these days.
That’s because their policies are now actually getting looked into
Then you could say that these individual countries are all fining Apple for the exact same practices
Defending the payment Monopoly are we????
Apple has have enough years to develop its business and set terms, now it should be open. No reason but abuse and make insane profits.
Apple has have enough years to develop its business and set terms, now it should be open. No reason but abuse and make insane profits.
Apple WILL be forced to allow normal software installation worldwide eventually.
It's just a matter of time before most governments outlaw Apple's abusive behavior. It will go better for Apple if they stop fighting it and stop interfering with our right to install software of our choosing on our devices.
It's just a matter of time before most governments outlaw Apple's abusive behavior. It will go better for Apple if they stop fighting it and stop interfering with our right to install software of our choosing on our devices.
Not "sideloading". Normal software installation.
Calling it "sideloading" implies that it's somehow shady, when the actual shady behavior is coming from Apple's app store monopoly.
Surely you can just choose not to pay? No one is forcing you to pay for anything you don’t want to.
Brazil is my favorite city in Europe.