It's not silly, it's been that way for DECADES, and they aren't any less secure than Apple, who do you think Apple uses? And Apple card? It's not Apple, it's a THIRD PARTY COMPANY 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Developers already pay an annual fee to Apple for access to this.
They just hear what they want to hear, facts be damned.....Oddly enough, that’s exactly what a lot of people here keep erroneously saying, that Apple was said to not be a monopoly in the affirmative.
Epic ruling invites future efforts to paint Apple as monopolist -experts
A U.S. judge stopped short of labeling Apple Inc an "illegal monopolist" on Friday, but the closely-watched ruling provides a roadmap for similar claims against the iPhone maker in the future, legal experts said.www.reuters.com
The above doesn’t contradict what I said. And oddly enough people are making up their own interpretation.Oddly enough, that’s exactly what a lot of people here keep erroneously saying, that Apple was said to not be a monopoly in the affirmative.
Epic ruling invites future efforts to paint Apple as monopolist -experts
A U.S. judge stopped short of labeling Apple Inc an "illegal monopolist" on Friday, but the closely-watched ruling provides a roadmap for similar claims against the iPhone maker in the future, legal experts said.
Developers already pay an annual fee to Apple for access to technical info and tools to develop apps. And where did you get the idea developers need or are asking for a list of customers? Does someone developing Mac or Windows apps need a list of computer customers from Apple or Microsoft? Do they charge developers for access to those platforms with no free alternative to distribute their own apps?
Ok. Out of all of the hundreds of posts between us I stand corrected on this one. However one of the other posts above used the term surface attack and it’s apt and the point is well taken.(at least by some)Visa and Mastercard are not banks, nor do they lend money.
“Visa does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers”
Visa Inc. - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
“Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card-issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "Mastercard" brand debit, credit and prepaid cards to make purchases.”
Mastercard - Wikipedia
If you reread what you wrote, the court affirmed that apple is entitled to payments in its intellectual property.
My intent wasn’t to contradict your statement specifically, but to point out to you that there are several people in this thread incorrectly stating that Apple was found not to be a monopoly in the affirmative. Go back through the comment chain to djphat2000’s post specifically.
It is a trillion-dollar company that cares 0 about you. Quit being a simp for huge companies. This should have been allowed years ago.
Well they aren’t a monopoly. There’s Android, people can get off apples backside now.
I specifically didn’t bring up Amex, because unlike Visa and Mastercard, they do act like a bank in some respects.
Once again, no such ruling was made, in the case you missed the other dozens of times it's been pointed out🙄
Semantics. Today there was no finding that apple is a monopoly…so apple isn’t a monopoly.
Right, but the original premise included Amex and I misstated for Visa & MC.
Interesting wording. On one hand the developer decides, on the other apple demands.
Dont buy the app. Someone else will make a copy and place it in the App Store. It won't be any less expensive for the consumer in another App Store anyway.
Why? The apps will not be less expensive in a another App Store, well they will probably be pirated so I guess they will be free.
Apple is not a Monopoly.I also hope they win and continuing winning. Epic doesn't care about you or small developers now do they.
Errr, we were talking about what licensing fees Facebook pays to Apple for use of their intellectual property. The answer is they pay nothing because the way the App Store is structured means that apps that are free are subsidised by apps that cost money.
