I can only assume the lawyers know more than us mere MacRumors posters. (although the possibility exists that some posters may be on the inside) Maybe Apple is hoping to get this legislation turned into a supreme court case....although there is most likely information up high that we aren't privvy to.
It's very, very hard to understand what Apple thinks is going to happen here. I wonder if they are just institutionally incapable of giving in on this, given that Cook & Co. usually have excellent government relations.
Yes, I've compared it to an addiction before. What a dumb hill to die on.
They are going to fall on their own petard, if this is what comes to pass. We can only hope it doesn't.
I feel like everyone is forgetting that Apple chargers Devs $99+ per year to host their applications. Dropping requirement for IAP does not drop Apple profits to zero.
The difference is the use of their platform, resources to acquire and support the app, server, APIs, access to the Apple brand that is extremely valuable. That alone is worth the 30% because we trust Apple far more that a company like Epic making more people more likely to complete the purchase.
Yet. 😉Well, their country their rules and their laws, Apple can always leave if they want to.
Isn't that what it's used to be said here?!Apple should leave blah blah blah...
Anyway, in this case Apple should prepare to leave more countries, the whole EU, and probably even the U.S.
In my opinion, it's about time for them to enter the space exploration business, the spaceship they built can't take off.
Why do people insist on making comparisons between iOS and MacOS? The are not the same thing. Built on the same basic technology, but they function VERY differently.
He would just pull out of the country. Disable the AppStore. Done. Enjoy your brick of a phone.
Limitations Apple has made, not tech limitations? What? Says who? If you can do it better, please apply to work at Apple and show them the way. Or, make a new product to compete with it. iOS is not Android anymore than it is MacOS. Similar to MacOS. But, I can't touch screen my iMac like my iPhone or iPad, or watch. Should we force Apple to make a touch screen? It's technically possible right?
Because they are different products with different use cases. Built for the use cases for which they are designed.
30% is excessive, but no one is arguing how much it should be. Just that it's excessive. And they know it's excessive because they know how much it should cost.
So, enter the competition. Apple say that this is the price. But why exactly? Why can‘t I run my own servers or use a rhird party server?
The App Store is providing the platform to download those "Free" apps, which then become vehicles for these companies to monetize their "Free" apps through subscriptions and in-app purchases. Tens of millions of dollars in investment go into building and maintaining the App Store, but you hopefully knew that already.
Right, cause you wrote iOS.... You know what's in it, and how it works perfectly enough at least to make the case that it can be done, be done quickly and safely and work as expected from here on end........
I think it scales fine. Apple doesn't have to provide a store for their phone/iOS.
Nothing is free and the opportunity to partner with the largest companies in the world and get to keep 70 to 85% of the profit with worldwide access to 2 billion customers with their credit cards on file and a fingerprint or face scan away from buying your app is a no damn brainer.
