Apple is going to destroy the crap out of Epic.Good luck to Epic. The App Store is evil, and it needs to be destroyed bit by bit no matter who does it.
Apple is going to destroy the crap out of Epic.Good luck to Epic. The App Store is evil, and it needs to be destroyed bit by bit no matter who does it.
Some people just come onto this forum to complain. The user you replied to is one of them, I guess just ignore the troll.Ummm….
One is trying to destroy user safety & the other’s entire business model to sidestep spending a solitary penny on an expensive infrastructure that they’ve reaped tens of millions of dollars from- whilst the other is working to protect your data/privacy & their own profit.
SUPER weird if you think both of those are the same level of “moany”.
I see a lot of people making this point but completely missing the following:I believe it’s just a matter of time before the hammer drops and Apple is found to be in violation of the law. I just don’t see how Apple can win against antitrust concerns on a long term basis if it continues on a campaign of restricting trade between users and app developers. Some developers may have a very different vision to Apple of what an app can be. Who is Apple to restrict this innovation? Who is Apple to restrict trade?
Apple profits off of being the sole App Store operator; it is an iOS App Store operator monopoly, and it takes a cut of all in-app payments for electronic goods. Curious that Apple doesn’t take a cut for physical goods like Uber or Lyft. Why the distinction? What is the basis?
Users should be given the choice to get their apps from wherever they please. If iOS is opened up to allow other app stores to operate, nothing is forcing users who are fearful of potentially bad app stores to use th. Android allows the use of other app stores besides the Google Play Store, but you don’t have to use them if you don’t want to.
Yes there may be concerns of user privacy if iOS users download apps from other app stores, but users of macOS face this same problem, and yet Apple hasn’t locked that platform down.
Will be interesting to see what happens in this space.
Why not add something about what practices you think should be looked at and why?Love it. Fanboi's defending Apple because they are Fanboi's. Apple doesnt give a **** about anyone except their profits. Apple makes good products but from time to time someone needs to have a look at their practices.
They're both soulless entities that spend their days filching because that's all they know.
There's no need to be rude.Some people just come onto this forum to complain. The user you replied to is one of them, I guess just ignore the troll.
LOL, yes they screwed up the colors and the graphics on their icon of a Union Jack!
Why not add something about what practices you think should be looked at and why?
Closed AppStore. Only allowing developers to go through Apple to make a profit.Why not add something about what practices you think should be looked at and why?
And what’s wrong with that?Like p
Closed AppStore. Only allowing developers to go through Apple to make a profit.
Lol, ok buddy.Apple uses the data privacy barrier here but really it’s for control and profit. iOS itself does many great things to ensure that your data is safe; little is actually done by the App Store in that respect.
I hate that Epic (and their coalition of whiners) wants to turn my iPhone into an Android PoS.
if they win it will eliminate free choice for consumers. The choice of Open vs Closed. Many iPhone users choose iPhone because of its closed nature in comparison to Android and these idiots want to take that choice away and in essence poison the Apple.
if you don’t like the way Apple operates then sell your Apple gear and buy an Android (you’ll probably make money even since Android phones are a dime a dozen) and don’t develop for iOS. No one is forced to own or develop for Apple. But if you want access to Apple’s customer base you need to follow their guidelines and support their ecosystem with their fair split.
I choose Apple for its closed and protected system and I don’t want to support any Developer that wants to destroy that thinking their entitlement deserves access to me for free.
mrochester brought up a good point with regard to this actually leading to a lack of choice for consumers in #29, this is a concern I share very much. While I'm sure a good chunk of developers would cross-publish, some would not, especially the big ones that are better equipped to build out their own app store. Companies like Microsoft (just for example) might decide to do their own app store to bypass Apple, and now if I want Office (or need it for work) I have to go out to yet another app store and take that risk.I believe it’s just a matter of time before the hammer drops and Apple is found to be in violation of the law. I just don’t see how Apple can win against antitrust concerns on a long term basis if it continues on a campaign of restricting trade between users and app developers. Some developers may have a very different vision to Apple of what an app can be. Who is Apple to restrict this innovation? Who is Apple to restrict trade?
Apple profits off of being the sole App Store operator; it is an iOS App Store operator monopoly, and it takes a cut of all in-app payments for electronic goods. Curious that Apple doesn’t take a cut for physical goods like Uber or Lyft. Why the distinction? What is the basis?
Users should be given the choice to get their apps from wherever they please. If iOS is opened up to allow other app stores to operate, nothing is forcing users who are fearful of potentially bad app stores to use them. Android allows the use of other app stores besides the Google Play Store, but you don’t have to use them if you don’t want to.
Yes there may be concerns of user privacy if iOS users download apps from other app stores, but users of macOS face this same problem, and yet Apple hasn’t locked that platform down.
Will be interesting to see what happens in this space.
The trend world-wide in competition policy, is in fact the opposite. iOS as a platform is being defined as a self-contained market. Android as a platform is being defined as a self-contained market.The iOS App Sore, is NOT a "market" that one can have a monopoly over. That'd be like saying Walmart has a monopoly over Walmart stores. I think the only relevant market here is the smartphone market in which Apple is one of two major players in.
No, I'm afraid of developers being so cheap they use a subpar payment system that compromises my personal financial data because those systems don't want to invest in the level of safety, security, and ease of use like Apple's native system is.Let's get down to it, what you're really afraid of, is that Apple's Appstore and payment processing is so bad, and so hated by developers, that all the apps you want to buy will dump Apple's systems the first chance they can get. You're afraid of this, because you know deep down, that Apple's offerings aren't actually good value for what they do, but rather are the very textbook of the decline to mediocrity that goes hand in hand with any rent-seeking monopoly.
The more worrying impact is that it will leave us consumers with the choice of android or apples version of android.No, I'm afraid of developers being so cheap they use a subpar payment system that compromises my personal financial data because those systems don't want to invest in the level of safety, security, and ease of use like Apple's native system is.
Developers are going to get a ice cold bucket of water dumped on their heads if this gets dismantled when they realize what operating like Android does to their profits. There is a reason why the App Store is more profitable than the Play Store. and it comes down to Piracy. Why pay for an app when you can just download a cracked copy of it and install it super easy (complete with spyware and malware!) Just watch as developers lose money.
Unfortunately it will affect all developers even if they are perfectly and rightly happy with Apple's current system.
Yes, it is called the Union Jack and is the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
No, not even close. The post you replied to is correct.They're both soulless entities that spend their days filching because that's all they know.