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Court Rules Apple Can Be Sued for Monopolizing iPhone App Market
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I believe MacRumors had posted an article that read something along the lines that Apple is projected to make 1 Trillion in revenue from services alone. Apple wants to be the mall, so they can take a cut from every sale, if hosting these apps were not profitable their would not be doing it. Who opens up a business to operate at a loss. This court ruling will help consumers, the sad part is that many fear it even though it will help them greatly.
Apple makes mistakes with hardware and software. Not perfect by any means, though many here will argue otherwise.
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I like things the way they are, and to me i think of the app store more of an app market. Yes apple runs the market, yes they make money from it but so do the vendors at some capacity (pay/ads/etc). If the vendors dont like it they arent forced to stay. Also if i dont like apples "market" i could go to the cydia market but no one there is marking sure there that bob's fish(apps) are save to eat.
Boo hoo! That has nothing to do with this.
Also, free apps don't mean no revenue and you are using their tools and platform for distribution.
No one is forcing you to do so. Keep to the AppStore, it is your CHOICE.
You must have missed that the boot process on iDevices is cryptographically secured. Unless someone takes enormous efforts of engineering one can not break out of the jail Apple puts 3rd party software in. So I can not just run anything I want.
I question if Apple can legally lock down consumer devices. After all they paid a premium price to _own_ it, ...
btw. what is wrong with your naysayers that you desperately want Appel to lock down your functionally and freedom???
So you prefer no choice, then to have a choice. Interesting. Next up we want no choice as it will keep us safe. Reality check you are under the illusion that you are safe.
Yeah, in the best of all possible worlds. It is not hard to find a sizable volume of evidence supporting the idea that people, in fact, generally, do NOT take responsibility for the consequences of their actions/choices...
The "Apple Fans" have become the same people they despise, the IBM, Windows, etc folks (drones).
They absolutely have the legal right no matter how much you question it - this has been previously established by US and EU law. You own the hardware however you're licensing the OS for usage.
I enjoy Apple's dominance on the platform because they have made the correct decisions that allow the platform to flourish and be profitable for many parties.
Why can't you just accept that Apple wants to leave their device closed? Apple has been taking steps to deepen integration within the OS in much better ways, anyway.
All depends on how you define the market. I'd say you can go buy an Android device or Microsoft device and load their apps to your hearts content. That's what this will come down to, either on rehearing, en banc or in the Supreme Court. Apple will prevail.
If this goes through, have fun with all the spyware and other garbage that'll be stuffing phones soon. Doesn't matter if you don't download it yourself, your friends will and it'll do fun like giving their address book (with all your contact info, text history, and more. Access the friend's Facebook and they get access to everything you post.
Might as well open this can of worms:
So you can BootCamp into WindowsOS on an Apple Computer even though MacOS is the default OS and can install other OSes including via VM. Yet you are not allowed to installed any OS on an iPhone or iPad.
Android OS, can be installed on any device except iPhones/iPad as its locked down by Apple. The same can be said for an Apple Computer. However why not allow the your customers to install another mobile OS on an iPhone/iPad while still having iOS as the default. Security you say sure, however on MacOS we have FileVault and in iOS we have TouchID (enclaved chip).
You as the consumer are still paying the asking price for the hardware and the default software, why restrict users who want to experiment/develop. If Apple wants to say fine, this will void your warranty that is their choice.
Apple: We invite innovation
Reality: As long as its on our terms and you paid the price for the hardware.
Consumer: Yeah, Apple is innovating by providing me a choice.
Reality: Majority have forgot about basic freedoms and rights and are confused with all the Apple marketing BS as to what innovation and choice really is.
Heck, even that developer offering the free app has to pay Apple $99 a year to be in the App Store. So they are in a sense paying to have people use their free apps.
They can Jail break it if they choose to and add whatever at their risk or to their peril. Smart people buy Apple products to not have to worry about if this or that app is malicious.
There are many "white-hat hackers" that have informed Apple of several exploits. Some gets resolved right away, while other exploits take months and years to get resolved if we are lucky. You nor Apple is not immune to exploits and threats, its the digital age reality. The wall-garden was not protecting anyone, it was a mere illusion that many just accepted.
Then they can jailbreak, and accept the risks.
Btw, how do you make free apps cheaper ?
Are the apps in the Playstore cheaper than on the App store ?
I use Apple because of the security of the app store.
I don't want multiple app stores...I could go android if I wanted my device to run like windows.
I especially don't want a court sticking its nose in this.
I don't want multiple app stores...I could go android if I wanted my device to run like windows.
I especially don't want a court sticking its nose in this.
It doesn't work like that. If a rogue application cannot retrieve data from another iPhone and you describe, then it's an existing vulnerability. Also, it means this is already possible outside of an iOS app, ie perhaps via HTTP etc.
A rogue applications as per your description cannot auto magically get data from another iPhone if that phone is secure.
Very simple.
Why not give *other* people the choice of multiple stores?
A rogue applications as per your description cannot auto magically get data from another iPhone if that phone is secure.
[doublepost=1484265566][/doublepost]No one is forcing you to use other App Stores. Keep using Apple.
Very simple.
Why not give *other* people the choice of multiple stores?
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In addition, Apple takes on the costs of distribution. How many TB of data transfer do you think it takes for those hundreds of thousands of downloads of a popular 1GB game?
The other cost people don't pay is marketing. With the App Store, you have a single stop where your app can be found. One of the biggest problems developers face with desktop apps is getting their product found. It'd hard to be seen when you're a small developer trying to rank well in Google search. But with the App Store that changes. It's a single place to be found.
Imagine trying to get your product found these days if you're not at Target or on Amazon. It's hard. The App Store is like an Amazon for apps. It's a real blessing for us developers.
Apple does not allow this.
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This lawsuit is such a steaming pile of garbage. If the plaintiffs have such an issue with App Store pricing, let them get Android devices instead.
There. Fixed it for you.
There. Fixed it for you.
You obviously don't understand the point of what was posted.
One study found that 20% of Android apps steal data.
Just a couple months ago more than 1 million Google accounts were stolen by malware apps and 86 apps available in third-party marketplaces can root 74 percent of Android phones. And that was just one instance.
Yes, stuff occasionally gets through the Apple review process, but it's far better than the lack of review we see on the Android side.