Lol everyone lives in the US I forgot, that's in Canadian currency. And not everyone's buying the cheap iPhones, I'd say it's probably evenly split. Don't be so insulting just because you disagree with me on something
And that’s setting aside that the cheapest hardware isn’t going to have features that some apps need, like an app that uses ARKit that needs to test how it works with LiDAR data. Good luck getting LiDAR data out of an iPhone 11.
What exactly disappoints you so much? That a trillion plus dollar company (Apple) will have more difficult time exerting rent on digital goods and services they had absolutely nothing to do with creating? Don’t worry, Apple will be OK, and so will you.
Disappointed by the apps that will force me to trust them with my credit card info that they will probably mishandle. Credit Card fraud will rise significantly overnight if this gets wide adoption.
And this is a severely dangerous precedent. Why should Apple be forced to change? There are clearly alternatives - Android for the majority of the issues people have with Apple. This precedent could lead to the Xbox and Playstation needing to be having the same changes.
Apple created the market, it’s their design, infrastructure, programming etc. For $99 and some sweat a dev has access to hundreds of millions of customers without worrying about infrastructure. 30% seems more than reasonable, not to mention customary.
How exactly? Flip phones still exist in 2021. My grandparents have them. They don't need an iPhone or Android and it certainly is not an essential device.
I have said this before and I will say it again, why can't we take just 10% of all this effort on bringing down iOS and Android and focus on getting some damn competition for internet service in the country as a whole. I ONLY have access to Spectrum. My grandparents in different states only have access to Spectrum. Why can't we get some movement here? Let's get some competition please because I have had nothing but issues with Spectrum.Ugh... this again.
Yes... I like competition.
Question for you... are YOU prepared for the only two viable mobile platforms to be iOS and Android for the next decade or more?
Because chances are... they will remain the only two.
The access to these customers are through the internet, Apple is just playing “man in the middle”, and filter results. The AppStore is just serving as a App Search Engine, I see no benefit compared to searching on Google,Bing,DuckDuckGo or on some Game Review Site. Setting up an Updater, AMZN CDN and Website is not rocket science, a decent App/Game needs it anyway. I would prefer to avoid the 30% tax, and hand over the savings to customers.
The reward for legitimate success is not more regulation where none existed before. Let the market speak and reward those who do a good job and those who don't fail. Capitalism is not about petitioning the government to make legal enterprise illegal.
Nobody is stopping anybody from getting access to apples customers. However, the ios ecosystem is a closed opt-in ecosystem. At every step along the way, from vote with your dollars and henceforth enrolling in this opt-in ecosystem is voluntary. You want access to ios' hundreds of billions of devices you have to go through the App Store after paying your $99 to enroll in the developer program.
Lmfao. You can't be serious. Hurt consumers? How so?
Apple isn’t forcing anyone to be in their store. If you want side loaded Apps you already have Android & Jailbroken iPhones. One company is driving all this - Epic Games: “ Coalition for App Fairness, a group that includes companies like Epic Games, Spotify, Basecamp, and Tile”
