This is all true.
However, one might think the platform owner could do a little more to combat the blatant misuse of IAP in many games, especially the ones aimed at kids.
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Fortnite and Epic Games Store Submitted to Apple for iOS Launch in EU
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This is all true.
However, one might think the platform owner could do a little more to combat the blatant misuse of IAP in many games, especially the ones aimed at kids.
No, no, there is a simple way: a$$le alignes tl the law. But we know, they don't like the competition..
Wait, why should they? What's their incentive?
You knew what the HW limitations were before you bought the devices.
Because it's the right thing to do for the consumer. They shouldn't need incentives.
Whatever happens in the future happens. However the Mac and iOS environments are not identical even though they are part of the apple ecosystem.
The cat is out of the bag and we will see how it goes. All that glitters is not gold.
Video games on Steam are usually cheaper than the same game on any of the consoles, which suggests that it's at least possible that competition in software distribution can lower prices.
But even if they don't, I'm not entirely clear why more money going to developers rather than Apple is necessarily a bad thing.
Epic will compound it with App Store inception (OS --Running--> Apple Appstore --Running--> Epic App --Running--> Epic App Store). Where does the line stop? Why can't I have an App Store inside of Fortnite?
See, we do own the device, but thanks to Microsoft's model of software copyright, we license the OS... and turns out, the apps don't run on the device (per se) they run on the OS...
Either way, I prefer the controlled iOS experience and detest apps on Mac that bypass the App Store. In the Mac model we then have separate updaters, separate purchasing methods, and the Wild West of security. Is it doom and gloom? No, but it is a 💩 Show.
The fact that we in the EU won't get iPhone mirroring and other cool features probably until next year sucks for us EU consumers already, and it's all thanks to the DMA.
So at least that negative part is playing out already and as an EU consumer, I am not exactly thrilled.
(Note: this is not to say tech companies shouldn't be regulated because clearly they do, but the DMA is a hamfisted mess that is causing more harm than good. See Microsoft and Teams for a non-Apple example of what's potentially in store for any EU designated gate-keeper company that wants to offer an integrated service.)
Developers that spend zero to develop the hardware, the OS, the dev tools. That is like getting a car, insurance, and fuel handed to you unlimited and asking why a driving service company takes so much of the cut of revenue. Anyone can write code, not everyone can build an ecosystem. Don't assume one can freeload from that huge multi-billion dollar investment.
I think most of us here are for more money going to developers than to Apple.
Where many of us have an issue is when companies such as Epic or Spotify try to use political power to force platform owners - who have spent millions of man years and billions of dollars to create, develop, maintain, and support the platform - to give it away for free to developers to use their distribution, tools, frameworks, and discovery.
Spotify and Epic don't want to pay less to Apple. They want to pay nothing, and I personally think that's a terrible precedent for any platform.
Most sheep have no clue, indeed, and yet so many want to weigh in on another companies investment and challenge the model that they built. You want to raise your pitchforks for a company go after Adobe and Autodesk. They have majority market share in the markets they compete, have little/no competition, and charge way more than Apple for products.
Until developer accounts are free, every developer pays something.
Agreed, they are leeches. Apple is their desired host. Epic merely builds dopamine hits for pennies on the dollar and generate zero value to society. Spotify is even worse in that their product is licensed and simply acts as a middleman for other people's content on other companies' platforms.
Pretty sure IOS has had many many malware issues over the years. I remember in 205 around 500 apps had malware on them. in 2023 - 389 apps had malware identifed.
Adobe is being sued by the US DOJ for anticompetitive practices, as is Apple.
Grow up.
You can buy a device from many of the manufacturers besides Apple that will offer you the option. I wanted to play the game Starfield but can’t on ps5 so guess what I bought an Xbox also to have that option.
True. In principle, every developers pays Apple.
In practice, what they pay is not even a rounding error.
Facebook, for example, have made too many billions to count on the App Store despite never paying Apple anything for the pleasure besides the yearly developer fee.
You can bet your a** that Apple would change that if they could.
In other words, you want something that doesn't exist