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Elon Musk Says Apple's 30% App Store Fee is 'Literally 10 Times Higher Than It Should Be'
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They are so high because Apple is clearly profiteering. Thankfully, we probably aren't too far away from this issue being delt with by government, likely first in the EU.
Unpopular opinion: Apple Car Play sucks.
Having FaceTime Video disabled with Car Play is annoying, Bluetooth music is terrible quality, and maps in a window on a screen that already has a map as it's main screen is dumb.
I had a Porsche Macan rental and I tested Car Play... I turned it off. It sounded like music was even worse over Car Play than Bluetooth alone. I'm guessing because with Car Play, there's more data that needs to be sent to the car than just the music... so the music gets compressed even more. It was terrible, so I didn't use it.
I'm not sure why a Tesla owner would want Car Play, but I can see a desire for Apple Music integration...
Given his behavior, I'd rather buy any other EV (maybe even lock myself into Apple's) rather than buy a Tesla.
Tesla does a fantastic job of selling its bold ambition.
But take the Model S for instance: when you're paying that much for a vehicle you expect a little bit more than bunch of promises, since what it offers compared to other luxury EVs doesn't elevate their vehicles as much as they'd have you believe.
I assume the EQS will overtake Tesla as the king of luxury EVs.
You are suggesting we should be able to do video calls while driving?
He is absolutely right.
The hardware, software, APIs, etc. are handsomely paid for when you buy the phone. No software/APIs? No Safari, Mail, Messages, Music, or any of the built-in apps. Unlike, say, a console which is a well-known loss leader, it makes perfect sense to use it only with the built-in apps. Add quite a few free apps (from which Apple makes $0) and the phone is perfectly usable for the average user. No, not you: if you're reading MacRumors you're far from the average user. I have some paid apps, but the average user like my mother or my wife have no paid apps.
The joke of a review process, and the senseless limitations placed on apps, are a mob-style protection racket that's forced down your throat whether you like it or not. Then you have to pay for the infrastructure of an app store that, again, you may not have called for -- we could just keep doing what we've always done in our Macs and PCs, which is find and load our own apps. The app store should be just a marketing tool for lazy people who don't mind paying for the privilege of discovering new apps, while developers will accept whatever cut Apple imposes on them and chalk it down as the cost of marketing.
The hardware, software, APIs, etc. are handsomely paid for when you buy the phone. No software/APIs? No Safari, Mail, Messages, Music, or any of the built-in apps. Unlike, say, a console which is a well-known loss leader, it makes perfect sense to use it only with the built-in apps. Add quite a few free apps (from which Apple makes $0) and the phone is perfectly usable for the average user. No, not you: if you're reading MacRumors you're far from the average user. I have some paid apps, but the average user like my mother or my wife have no paid apps.
The joke of a review process, and the senseless limitations placed on apps, are a mob-style protection racket that's forced down your throat whether you like it or not. Then you have to pay for the infrastructure of an app store that, again, you may not have called for -- we could just keep doing what we've always done in our Macs and PCs, which is find and load our own apps. The app store should be just a marketing tool for lazy people who don't mind paying for the privilege of discovering new apps, while developers will accept whatever cut Apple imposes on them and chalk it down as the cost of marketing.
I am so sick of Elon Musk, if there was ever anyone on earth who personifies an attention whore its this guy. Another instance of an individual who has extreme beyond belief wealth that feels they can tell everyone else how and what they should do. How do these people get so much relevance, he literally sells cars and personality.
Friend is a professional detailer. He details Ferraris and Lambos daily. He says Tesla is by far the worst and most everything over $30k beats them in terms of quality of build quality. That's absolutely pathetic for a vehicle most are paying around $100k for.
And they're not a new company anymore. They've been making vehicles since 2008. They've had more than enough time to resolve the quality issues. The fact is, they simply don't care because customers are willing to accept crap quality.
If almost every single iPhone came with a small chip in the screen or a couple burned out pixels, and Apple didn't bother to resolve it, people would be up in arms. Tesla owners, welcome such treatment and accept it.
Musk says anything for attention and it's usually to distract from something else that's going on, like the insider trading scandal, buying twitter after slating the executives, squashing of unions, calling some dude a pedo, failed deadlines, missing features on his cars, misinformation and the absolutely awful quality of Teslas etc etc.
The guy is just a monumental rubbish spewing clown.
Interestingly I bet stock against him while everyone jumped on the Tesla bandwagon and it's doing pretty damn well ?
Edit: toned down the swearing as I'm better than that.
The guy is just a monumental rubbish spewing clown.
Interestingly I bet stock against him while everyone jumped on the Tesla bandwagon and it's doing pretty damn well ?
Edit: toned down the swearing as I'm better than that.
He’s gone from annoying and boorish to just plain frightening.
If the US doesn’t soon tax its oligarchs back to earth they are going to bring a new meaning to “working for the man.”
Just as global climate is on its last legs, liberal democracy in the USA is hanging by a thread thanks to big Oil and Koch-aligned interests.
If you have been sitting on the sidelines and think the Maga threat is over, please realize its morphing and being taken over by more capable demagogues. Please get in the fight!
And if you ever wonder on a statistic claiming that self driving Tesla is safer then the average human driver you now know that average human driver....
I’m not a Musk person … but wow the animosity in the posts … these are not opinions … it’s fanboysm.
I don't understand -- are people who make such claims aware that physical stores take about 30% to 50% of what they sell? Of course it can vary, but 30% is not exceptional. Of course, physical stores have many expenses -- the rent, employees who do all the handling, cleaning, shelves and furniture, etc. But online companies also have expenses -- employees who maintain the servers, servers, software technology, etc.
I'm pretty sure Apple can but it quite lower -- at around 10%, say -- and still make huge profit. 30% was necessary at the onset of the new app economy, for launching the system, but seems more and more unnecessary. But having it at 3% Seems exaggerated.
Musk just doesn't show he understands that kind of business.
I'm pretty sure Apple can but it quite lower -- at around 10%, say -- and still make huge profit. 30% was necessary at the onset of the new app economy, for launching the system, but seems more and more unnecessary. But having it at 3% Seems exaggerated.
Musk just doesn't show he understands that kind of business.
If PayPal could have charged 30% then Musk never would have sold his share of it.
But you missed the entire point the person you were replying to was making.
I didn't know Elon was on here.
In Elon-World, you never need to look at the road, right?