Not if you want applications specific to OSes. I love that Apple is bad at supporting the web as an application platform.
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Not if you want applications specific to OSes. I love that Apple is bad at supporting the web as an application platform.
The market isn‘t everyone with a wrist.
„Apple exercises considerable market power in the distribution of music streaming apps to owners of Apple devices. On that market, Apple has a monopoly“
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/fr/speech_21_2093
No, of course it’s not totally useless. But inability to stream to as home sound system (whether through AirPlay, DLNA, Google Cast or proprietary streaming protocol) makes for an inferior product.
Apple is crippling competitors‘ ability to provide service - either by the commissions charged or by the lack of access/features if they don‘t.
You got it wrong (even if by only two letters):
A company that makes more money from its customers (developers) than anyone else?
The have on revenue.
It works for Amazon AWS because they're B2B.
Businesses should be allowed to create almost any business model they want too, including making an enormous amount of profit. They should be able to charge every party in the ecosystem, multiple times.
Innocent as in not breaking any laws or regulations in this area.
EU filed charges against Ireland for violating agreements Ireland has with the EU about state aid.
They won‘t.
Why? 💰💰💰
No worries, you‘ll eventually get your own version of the DMA:
„The bill establishes a new, targeted regime built for the digital age, overseen by the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) in the CMA – that will use a proportionate approach to hold digital firms accountable for their actions – enabling all innovating businesses to compete fairly. It will set rules that will prevent firms with Strategic Market Status from using their size and power to limit digital innovation or market access – ensuring the UK remains a highly attractive place to invest and do business for all.“
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...es-and-promote-competition-in-digital-markets
Because I don't want one and don't mind Apple earning money from apps that they created a store to contain. Why does Wal-Mart exist if they don't produced the majority of the products they sell? Amazon Because they buy them for less than what they sell them for. Similar concept to Apple taking 30% or 15% or whatever percentage they will take.
I‘ll make a note to celebrate the day when the EFTA votes to adopt the DMA for Norway 🇳🇴 too
“Second place player” and “allowing users access” 😱 So triggered!
Imagine all the people around the world who manage to live without a “smartphone” — I guess they are actually zombies 😂
Hug that droid tight!
Yet Spotify still manages to have twice the subscriber count!
Must be Apple’s fault 😂
If those 3rd party apps running on YOUR phone were built using APPLE’S software and APIs, then they do, in fact, owe Apple something if they monetize in that app.
It’s not rocket science.
There is always the web if they don’t want to use APPLE’S software and APIs.
But Apple created the market for software on these devices!!!!!!
They designed the machines, the designed the api's, the manufactured the devices, they marketed them, spent billions advertising them. They made the decision to open up their api's and created an external development kit for it.
The way the EU talks about it is as if the market was already there!
Of course they have considerable market power on the system they invented and built.
The way the EU attacks this vs the USA is really interesting.
The EU does not want to foster enterpenurialship because its mindset discourages investors and entrepreneurs to play the game to win. Apple have played the game to win for a very long time. They have had no leg up, no govt contract (Elon..) nothing but built on their own hard work and ingenuity.
The EU come in and say thats bad. The USA say as long as you did nothing illegal and customers are getting good stuff and not moaning. Its fine. The EU dont care if they didn't break any laws, they just create new ones to stop them. It's really insane.
Apple could turn around tomorrow and revoke the API's on their devices as they control the OS and stop ANYONE producing software for their systems. It is their legal right to do so. They dont HAVE to create an SDK for anyone, indeed they have hidden API's they DO NOT ALLOW anyone to use even. Its their system, their OS, their IP, everything.
And if the EU are so concerned about Apples monopoly power, why do they allow Logic Pro, GarageBand or any other Apple app on iOS devices that apple sometimes give away for free or at cheaper prices than competitors. Isn't that the exact same thing Spotify are moaning about? The crux of their argument is simply that Apple Music doesnt pay 30% (how they know this I have no idea) so it's cheaper to compete with Spotify. I mean, thats every shop owner who sells their own product!! Walmart, Tesco in the UK. What do the EU have to say about that?
None of it makes sense other than Spotify have spent tons of money lobbying specific EU law makers to deal with a problem that THEY have with Apple because of their lack of margin on their business, because ultimately they are operated by the major labels who have sucked every penny out of them.
So download XCode (free), program your “software”, compile and install it on your iPhone.
You can do that, right, cause you ain’t no baby and you won’t be denied!
I think these people are confusing it with Spotify’s 0% deal with Google 😂please put up the link about 0% fee for Apple Music (Android) subscriptions... I've looked and the only places you see this claim is by people on here
Apple does not even allow you to do that, hahaha.
Every app that you build and load on your phone privately, will be automatically disabled after seven days. Because it would of course be outrageous if I as an owner could just load my own software on the iPhone.
And if you want to share a program with family members, well that's even harder to do, if not impossible.
Bad bet. There is plenty that goes into producing an iPhone without worrying about funding the AppStore with any profits gained in an iPhone sale. The AppStore or any business should stand on its own. If it can't it can't and shouldn't exist.
Different ways to make a buck. Consoles choose to get it back via game sales. And under price the console. Apple doesn't under price the iPhone. You could potentially never use the store on an iPhone other than to keep your built in apps up to date. You have little use of a console without games. No different than a physical store. You're a customer, you pay for things within the store. Sometimes you have the option to get a subscription that can lower the price of items in the store or gain you other benefits. You don't have to subscribe to shop. Developers sell items within the store. Physical or virtual/digital stores. They pay "rent" to be on the shelf. When they "sell" an item, a portion/% goes to the store the rest goes to the developer. No one lives rent free in the store. Even if you own the store, you till have to pay for it to exist. You hope to make more money selling other peoples stuff to more than cover the costs of the store and make a profit.
Apple could charge the user a subscription to access the store. But, how many people would sign up? Treating it just like any other physical store is the lest resistive path forward.
Intentions change. I think Steve also wanted to get just 1% of the smart phone market too.
Suggestion noted. Did it become policy? Nope.
Well, I'm sure they brought it up in a board meeting or two and the motion was to not move forward with that proposal.
Apple exec suggested cutting App Store commission to 20 percent as early as 2011
‘Just food for thought.’www.theverge.com
Everyone has ideas. Not all of them make it out of the thought phase.
True! But if that provisioning cert didn’t expire, people would build and distribute that “free” software to others, and the Dev program would be nullified.
Yes, it’s sad for you and your family only app, but what would you suggest Apple do?
If you’re using Apple’s software and APIs to build useful software for you and your family,
then join the $99 dev program and you can use Test Flight with them to your heart’s content 🥰
Yet tons of vision pro users are begging for a native Netflix and YouTube app cause the web apps suck.
Interesting argument. I think you could reasonably argue that it's as much a store as it is a phone.
According to many users commenting here, it's irrelevant what I would suggest, because this is Apple's lawn. Or in other words: Apple giveth and the Apple taketh away.