Just like Google? Google had to pay €1.49 billion cause they promoted their own services on top of other competing services in their search engine. And this was just the fine of EU and only because Google changed its mind it wasn‘t higher.
The “Choice” you are asking for is literally right there. If you want a phone that does the things you are talking about, buy an android. Simple. Don’t go messing with something that works exactly as designed because you want to side load or fragment. People who want “choice” on ios bought the wrong phone and should trade it in.
Yes and Apple takes very good care of those developers and has made many of them rich. Apple dev tools and support are second to none. They literally provide everything you need to have from learning code up to publishing an app for free. Want to publish? It’s a small fee for the dev account and you have instant access to millions of customers.
While I agree with your sentiment, Walmart doesn't take 30%. The mafia takes 30%, not legit resellers. And the argument that they should sell direct to consumers if they don't like Apple's 30% is void, because Apple doesn't allow you to install an app from anywhere other than the app store. That's the entire point of their argument. While Apple doesn't have a monopoly on smartphones, they DO have a monopoly on iOS apps for the iPhone.
Apple protecting their vision of the ecosystem, seems to me, more important than losing a few customers over a game, that may be the result of Epics deliberate sabotage of the iOS app.
Perhaps educate yourself and understand what this is about and what the rules are. And it wasn’t just the rules, it has already gone in front of a judge and the judge warned EPIC that this is of their own making.
It’s not about I use or not use Apple products. It is what about customers pay for.
apple can create apple tv ( lousy) , apple news ( not my country), imessage( err all android people here),air drop? ( rarely people own apple device). ......
Well, Me as “soon” non-Apple user... giving up my whole current Apple Eco System iP11ProMax256, maxed out MacBookPro15-2016, AppleWatch S4, iPadPro2020Wifi. I have two kids, well my daughter is 19 not a kid anymore. But both own Android Phones already, was their own choice, they could have gotten some lower end iPhone like the XR, etc. but they wanted Android Phones. My wife is already p’off at her iPX, because Mask+FaceID sucks. Dunno what she will do with her 27” iMac(my ex. iMac) and her MacBookPro.
Well that’s our current iDevice state. The hardest to replace will be my iPad, but i think i will just get me MS Surface or a Wacom Cintiq Studio. I was mainly doing concept drawings on the iPad, Cintiq Studio would be nice for that. I already use a Wacom on my Ryzen workstation.
I had a AppleTV once, but sent it back, it was too family unfriendly. When I had it, I could not even login to multiple accounts, our family PS4Pro is doing fine since that time at our 75” Sony TV and Projector.
We don’t need any HomeKit stuff, our habits are too unpredictable, and I don’t want to become like somebody from the “WALL-E” movie.
As a developer, good that I always set my tech environment in a way that it can be used over multiple platforms.
My AppleWatch is being a brick anyway, I tend to use it less and less. Once I gave one to my wife for Bday, she didn’t like it, and we sent it back. The Watch was too fat on her wrist and masculine. Personally I’m tending to get some decent classic 2k-4k watch instead of another short term life 500€ tech trash.
Maps, I use the build-in one of my BMW.
To edit and grade videos I use DaVinci Resolve, anything else makes no sense to me.
The iOS security excuses are all non-sense. Our whole industry is built on non-apple devices, starting with the server running your online banking and ending with your linux router. I bet 99.9% of the ones in here who say iOS is so safe, and thats why they use it, runs a unsafe lower end 50$ Netgear router full of security holes 👍.
Anyway, there is nothing wrong with being a fanboy, don’t worry. Enough of senseless flamewars in here for now, I have to get things done.
pro-claim the word nothing related to any faction thus shalt not be argue as personnel opinion.
Well, Me as “soon” non-Apple user... giving up my whole current Apple Eco System iP11ProMax256, maxed out MacBookPro15-2016, AppleWatch S4, iPadPro2020Wifi. I have two kids, well my daughter is 19 not a kid anymore
Ok, but your sentence made no sense. The words don’t mean anything.android vs apple faction.
