Ok Sweeney, and who's going to run this "single" store? Epic?
Shut down your store first.
Shut down your store first.
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Epic Games CEO Renews Attack on Apple and Calls for Single, Universal App Store
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I believe it's a kind of disorder among rich and famous people who use social media. When one goes mad the others follow because they think it means it is is totally acceptable to become a rich lunatic with an army of troll farms to back up their madness.
This. Everyone has choices.
Before streaming, it wasn’t uncommon for a household to pay $60-$80 a month (or more) for an all-in-one cable television package with 100+ channels. And back then, there were few alternatives to that model. Whether we like it or not, that behavior set the market price for how much people would pay overall for entertainment.
I never paid for cable and, to-date, have never paid more than a total of $20 a month for streaming services.
The current system gives me a ton of choices. I can carry a service for a month to watch a few shows I like. For example, I’m paying for a month of appleTV+ so I can watch the Foundation series. Then I’ll cancel. That flexibility was non-existent under the cable-only model.
Fragmentation in this case is the cost of 1) an explosion of new (IMO, high quality) shows, 2) contract flexibility, 3) smaller cost segments and more.
We’re living the dream, even if it’s a bit more complicated to manage from an accounts/systems standpoint.
Sweeney: Apple's app store is a monopoly. Customers need more choices !
Sweeney: All app stores should be combined into one. Epic will help set this up.
Sweeney: All app stores should be combined into one. Epic will help set this up.
I'm also very much against any monopoly! Therefor I say I should run all companies because I'm the least monopolising person I know! For the people obviously!
I remember Ultraviolet, you used to be able to get a iTunes code from them and then they stopped and tried to get people to use their service which went down as well as anyone would expect.
How about one store and one game only. Of course he wants it to be managed by him.
This guy does nothing but whine. He's like that little kid who is constantly throwing his toys out his pram and grizzling!
How sad for a supposed 'adult'.
How sad for a supposed 'adult'.
You don't know what you are Talking about, "https://www.statista.com/chart/22702/andoid-ios-market-share-selected-countries/" i don't see any Monopoly here, Dupoly eee still no. If a Monopoly than Intel should be punished by not making CPUs for other Chipsets than Intel, Microsoft should also open the DirectX to the all other Plattforms Linux and also i want the MS Store on Linux with all the Games if not lets sue MS ... (sounds ridiculos, yes but this is what you are telling here).
Do you have all the Informaiton on how the AppStore works a how delevoper are payed and how much they are paying ... no you don't because if so, you would be not writing such nonsence, so before you Post something read, read, read, and again read.
Now to the case, so Apple should provide AppStore for free as you are suggesting, take all the expenses to maintain the Servers and the costs of Services, do research on the Swift Programming Language and make it better and i can't imagine all the people just working only for the AppStore their Time and they need to get payed too ? or not.
Now comes a developer, (The Apple Developer Program annual fee is 99 USD and the Apple Developer Enterprise Program annual fee is 299 USD) for the dev account, creates an app, sends it to apple, he has the link for direct pay sure the price is a lot cheaper that in-app pay, so all the customer are paying direct ... apple get nothing. According to you its ok because how can Apple do that.
Well Tommorow if you go to work, tell your Employer that you don't need the money because now you are working pro-bono. Ok.
Next Example Shopping Mall (=AppStore) there are different Brands there (=Developers) and the shops there are Apps. The owner of the shopping mall has rules, the shopping mall owner pay for everything, energy, rent, parking places, service of the mall, securtiy, repaires and so on, a Shop has not to pay a commision to be there and if he sells a subscription he has to pay 30% which is not exactly true, and after a year it falls to 15%, now the store decides that it will not pay the shopping mall owner / he will arrange another paying plattform so the customers can pay the brands directly .... what will be the next steps .... yes exactly ... and now on top the brand owner is suing the shopping mall owner that he is a Monopoly .... well i don't know if this is normal in your country but if this is Democracy than Mr. Sweeney and Epic should be lock-up like now in a Mental State facility.
You can apply this to any case where there is such hierarchy.
A single cross platform App Store with no restrictions like Apple’s stupid streaming service, torrent client and emulator policy would be AMAZING.
No one is forced to use the App Store. Not developers, not consumers. And if MS wanted to do that they could have tried. If their actions provided value to one or more parties (e.g., an easier way to get content onto your device) some might have been more than willing to give them a cut.
And no one is forced to “pay a tax” to apple. In fact, you could post your app for free and have customers set up payment and account on the web (outside the app) and completely avoid sending any money Apple’s way. Just like Netflix does.
Not every streaming service is needed year round. The best part of streaming services is being able to cancel during the months there isn’t new episodes of something you watch. There are several services I only use a few months a year. It’s even cheaper if you wait till a season is finished and pay for a single month
Same could apply to every billionaire on Twitter. Shall we eat them or tax them so hard they act normal again?
I agree with him that Apple has too much control over what customers are or aren’t allowed to use on their phones and that their power over the developers who add value to their platform is verging on monopoly-like (no, Apple isn’t a monopoly, spare me your explanations), but a universal app store isn’t the solution. Companies should be allowed to run their own stores.
I think the only reasonable solutions are that Apple should either allow users to side load apps from elsewhere or loosen the restrictions on what can or can’t be in the app store (provided that it’s not malicious or an outright scam).
I think the only reasonable solutions are that Apple should either allow users to side load apps from elsewhere or loosen the restrictions on what can or can’t be in the app store (provided that it’s not malicious or an outright scam).
Notice how that greedy clown left out his biggest competitor, Steam.
Epic complains about monopoly. Suggests a monopoly as a solution.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has today renewed his attack on Apple and called for a single, universal app store that works across all platforms (via Bloomberg).
Last year, Epic's popular game "Fortnite" became the subject of heated litigation with Apple and Google over the rate of commission on in-app purchases. After Epic broke App Store rules by implementing a direct payment option, the game was removed from the App Store and Epic's developer account was terminated.
A lengthy legal battle ensued, resulting in the verdict while that Apple's anti-steering conduct is anti-competitive, Apple was correct on on all other counts. Epic Games paid Apple $6,000,000 in lost royalties but has appealed the verdict.
In an interview at the Global Conference for Mobile Application Ecosystem Fairness in Seoul, South Korea, Sweeney said:
Sweeney added that Epic Games is working with developers and service providers to create a system to allow users to "to buy software in one place, knowing that they'd have it on all devices and all platforms." Epic Games already offers the Epic Games Store, aimed at PC gamers, which also charges a commission.
Earlier this year, South Korea passed a bill that prohibits app distribution platforms from forcing developers to use their payment method alone and. Apple will be required to offer multiple in-app payment methods in South Korea, but the company has not yet made any changes to facilitate this.
Sweeney praised the legislation and accused Apple of complying "with oppressive foreign laws" while "ignoring laws passed by Korea's democracy." "Apple must be stopped," he added.
Article Link: Epic Games CEO Renews Attack on Apple and Calls for Single, Universal App Store
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He's not asking for that.
Companies do run their own stores on the desktop. Mobile device is a big no-no. Too many fake companies in the world run by criminals trying to exploit kids and illiterate users.
I’m starting to think that Sweeney guy is a Trojan horse created by Apple. Is now shooting Apple App Store, Windows Store, Steam Store and all too. All because his store does not seam to be as competitive.
What we need is an Universal store for everything, not just apps or digital services … shoot Amazon … lololol.
What we need is an Universal store for everything, not just apps or digital services … shoot Amazon … lololol.
Microsoft Store did charge 30% for games and apps they distributed. They lowered that percentage. Regardless, those that distribute apps provide a service that helps app developers, host, promote, and distribute their apps. It costs money to review apps, create a catalog, support reviews, bandwidth to download to millions of people, support software update system in a central place for users. That service has value that developers don’t even have to give second thought to. And users avoid having tens of different software updaters. No one loves having that Creative Cloud app and Microsoft Updater along with others on their Macs eating up compute resources. Imagine that on a phone.