I would imagine 30% of apps in the store probably made in the EU anyway
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As a resident of the United States thank god we are free of Great Britain
I think I'll let the great Steve Jobs sum up this whole issue with Epic is less than a minute
Walmart = iOS, Target = Android. Why don't people understand this? People's arguments here are similar to wanting to force Walmart to have a Target inside its same infrastructure.
You physically need to leave Walmart, travel some miles unless you are lucky and have a target next door (there are no Target and Walmart next door where I live) and physically walk in to a Target store.
Same applies with iOS and Android. Leave the iOS "store" and walk in to Android "store".
Yep. You say Apple and Gaming in the same context people will laugh at you, and rightly so. (Mac side here) A far cheaper Windows PC ~$1,000 with a NVIDIA GPU completely smacks the $6,000 Mac Pro in gaming. Literally double or triple the performance if not more.
As a resident of the United States thank god we are free of Great Britain
What kind of dumb ass statement is that in the middle of an intelligent discussion???
It was exactly the same as the statement it responded to. Why is one of those statements okay with you and the other is not?
Can we please keep this tax discussion out of it. Complain about the laws. Apple legally pays the amount of tax they are legally required to. If it bothers you that they pay too little, complain about the laws, not Apple.
Then I can definitely see them using this Apple case as a thing to point to when they go after Sony and Microsoft. Epic essentially wants to do what they are doing on PC - being the real anti-competitors here. Preventing Borderlands 3, Metro, Satisfactory and many others from being on steam is way more anti-competitive than anything Apple is doing. Third party app stores were never possible, so there is no anti-competitive behavior going on that prevents Epic from launching a store if it is not possible currently. Its not like its possible and Apple is blocking them.
Also, I lost some work in Visual Studio when Windows decided to update itself. But its my fault for not setting the update times properly.
I can just see it now, $500-1,000 for XCode itself (similar to Visual Studio pricing for standalone costs Pro vs Enterprise). Cost up to 100 GB of downloads from the store with a monthly subscription of $50. Have the app discover-able in the App Store for $15 a month. And the actual developer subscription will be a few hundred a year that includes the vetting app cost.
This is not what Epic wants.
2)A competing Epic Games Store app available through the iOS App Store and through direct installation that has equal access to underlying operating system features for software installation and update as the iOS App Store itself has, including the ability to install and update software as seamlessly as the iOS App Store experience
Why? Because that fulfills your personal narrative?
Most people like to live in a world driven by facts. Courts rule not on emotion but laws.
Please point out the alternative app stores for Sony etc. We can wait (but not for long)
When you come back with the factual answer then care to explain how Apple allow third party apps only through their single app store differs from Sony only allowing third-party apps through their app store?
I'd love to know the actual difference. And no, claiming one's a console and one's a smartphone doesn't count.
iPhones have all been playing catch up lately with Android. A lot of the new iOS features existed on Android. However, I got the iPhone for the locked down experience. I like to know I need to only go to one place for apps. If that did not exist, I would have went with Android because, like you said, they are superior. However, I find the locked down environment enough of a benefit that I chose iPhones over Android. And people want to take the only good feature (in my opinion) away from iPhones.
He still around? Good grief I personally find him an rather opinionated trumped up vile little sniveling individual...
I, as a developer, would be happy if Apple lowered it to 15% or even lower. Heck make it free, it will make me happy. However, I am not for "androidifying" an iPhone because I chose iPhone for the locked down experience alone. Android has actually been far superior for a long time now.
Why don't you tell us how you really feel
I'm not sure what Louis Rossman did to earn your disgust, however his championing of right-to-repair and bringing that issue to a wider audience is good for the environment, small business, and us hobbyists and tinkerers.
For that I'm grateful that people like him exist and admire his work ethic and willingness to share.
Why don't you tell us how you really feel
I'm not sure what Louis Rossman did to earn your disgust, however his championing of right-to-repair and bringing that issue to a wider audience is good for the environment, small business, and us hobbyists and tinkerers.
For that I'm grateful that people like him exist and admire his work ethic and willingness to share.
Rossman is awesome and he brings a good point up when he brings the environment into question and how apple claims to be a sustainable company producing sustainable products.
You talk about the Apple App Store Monopoly. Would you please provide some U.S. case law that supports your position?
The court is quite clear on this matter:
In addition, the Peoplesoft case is another where the courts made clear that narrow definitions of markets are incorrect.
Another question is will Apple void or limit AppleCare if they’re forced to allow stores that don’t give a crap about filtering malware. Why should screwing up your iPhone thanks to the Epic Store, for example, be Apple’s problem to repair?
Fixed that for you.
By people like him do you mean shameless self-promoters who peddle half truths (or out right lies) to generate fame (oh, and by the way, lots of money), or did you have something else in mind?
Then if you, as a developer, want to earn more money from each purchase, you simply up the price so your 70 % cut matches you want to earn. Why do some many "developers" here have such a hard time grasping how basic economics work?