ISPs connect you to the Internet. They didn’t invent it or develop it. They don’t even manage it. It doesn’t belong to them. The App Store is owned and operated by Apple.
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Elon Musk: Apple's App Store Fees Are a 'De Facto Global Tax on the Internet'
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Paging @arn I would like to work with you on implementing a MacRumors Coin!
Tesla didn't pump and dump. If they did, they completely missed the dump step as they still hold about 90% of their initial bitcoin purchase even after announcing that they would stop accepting Bitcoin.
The only thing I'm hoping for is that ANONYMOUS will continue going after Elon and his big mouth. Anon can put Elon in his place..... he is truly scared of them, as they are far smarter than him, not to mention they are not afraid to use nefarious tactics to ruin important people or billion-dollar corporations.
Elon knows that (even with his billions) he cannot easily counter or attack Anon, due to their decentralized and amorphous nature.
Elon knows that (even with his billions) he cannot easily counter or attack Anon, due to their decentralized and amorphous nature.
New profile pic, what do you think? 😂😂😂😂
Paging @arn I would like to work with you on implementing a MacRumors Coin!
Cool. And then 2 days after, I will create the BabyMacRumors Coin. Now I just need a meme. Anyone?
He has a hobby.. He sends cars to space
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Apple cant even make one drive on the road.
Didn't the real hackers behind anon namely LuzSec get imprisoned with the remainder being scriptkiddies spamming storebought second rate zero days ?
I want a SETIcoin or a FOLDitCOIN. Imagine making science and math a currency.
Global tax on the internet? Having to pay for PS Plus or Xbox Live Gold to play online with your console should be criminal!
I'm interested in your opinion regarding men who give birth and breast-feed their babies. 🧔♀️
Musk hates CarPlay and is fearing the AppleCar will not help his earnings.
Stock at 680 25% off it’s high of 900 Elon’s getting nervous
Stock at 680 25% off it’s high of 900 Elon’s getting nervous
No, that’s not the entire story. Epic lawsuit says what they want is to have its own store that they can run on the Apple’s devices, and offer apps from other developers there as well. But I think the reality with Epic is that they really just wanted to pay a lower percentage to Apple and unfortunately Apple was not budging. Just like Google didn’t budge. They also needed some PR because their big volume app is no longer generating the revenue it once did, so this court case and tweeting that proceeded it, provided them a way to at least seem relevant for longer, and maybe help bring in additional revenue.
I’m guessing you’ve never either worked for a retailer or a manufacturer of products sold to retail, to understand that every reseller of product marks up a manufacturer’s wholesale price to cover all sorts of costs. And manufacturer’s don’t get a say in what that markup is. If a Walmart wants to sell a product for a loss, because it will get more people in the door, that’s their right. They can also mark the product up 35%, 50%, 65%, whatever they want that allows them to sell as many products as they can while being competitive in the market. Epic has made tons of money from sales of their apps through the App Store, so there is zero argument that they need a court to provide relief from Apple’s onerous (standard in the market) payment expectations.
Elon Musk is the man helping us to a new future. Doesn’t mean he is always right and here his criticism are basic nonsense you can read on any message board.
Isn't that what I said?
They want to to sell to their own customers
(Just like Amazon and others on iOS do by the way)
The rest of your comparisons to brick & mortar operations are mostly moot here
It's very fair to argue for a way to pay for access to (and for) iOS users, but that doesn't try to take 30% of all transactions.
That fee structure is way out of whack, as costs to Apple don't scale linearly like that in the digital realm.
The biggest issue to come of the epic lawsuit was when Apple was prevented from delisting all apps that used unreal. That decision by the judge was inherently biased as it revoked a right Apple should have about managing its own store.
You can't really object with the man's vision, even if his defeatism about earth is a trait that I do not share (with space-colonization being an Ideological stepping stone to world government instead of a special imperative in my eyes ).
As for the man himself, I do dislike the self aggrandizing advertisement and the monopoly on social media attention he holds.
Not to mention the shady business practices.
But that's just what it takes to survive in the late-capitalism.
There was no delay of any kind. Switched to Google Maps and got there without issue via freeway.
I mean if they figure out a way to implant a working uterus and ability to breastfeed then I’m all for it. It’ll make a lot of people very happy. It’ll probably have to be strictly C-sec though because men don’t naturally have the hips for it.
although now that I’ve finished typing that I’m not sure how that’s relevant but thanks? 😂
He was trying to bait you into discussing identity politics
Thanks. I appreciate your support. I'm due in 6 weeks. All natural