Its raining 5s
Hallelujah! Are you getting absolutely soaking wet?
May cave now, although I want 128GB.
Waiting for that first 6S rumor.
Its raining 5s
Hallelujah! Are you getting absolutely soaking wet?
May cave now, although I want 128GB.
Waiting for that first 6S rumor.
Having the highest market share of a product does not make it antitrust. It has to prove it uses its dominant position to commit unfair trade practices against its competitors. Such as refusing to allow a retail store to sell iPhones if it sells other brands of phones as an example or some such.
Being/selling the most popular phone / tablet is not one of them.
The App Store and its 30% cut of all revenue it going to look pretty rough in a few years if 50% of computing devices sold in the US can basically only get their programs through that store. That is the trend of where we are headed.
Even now most apps come out first for iOS, only if successful do they get ported to Android. And looking at sale numbers isn't even telling the whole story. Looking at usage. Factor in that Apple devices are lasting years longer than their competitors and we start seeing a situation where a huge portion of the actual computing being done in people's personal lives is going to be through an Apple device.
An anti-trust claim isn't that far away. See the review of the ebook case. That Judge thinks Apple is a near monopoly worthy of being investigated at every level.
Apple is not the only company that uses that business model.
If Apple devices are lasting longer, its not their problem. Maybe competitors should be making better quality devices instead of cheaper ones. Don't see how Apples done anything wrong besides make high quality products, at competitive prices with excellent customer service. Apples success did not have anything to do with antitrust.
That has to do with content, eBooks, not with any monopolistic practices. If anything its Amazon who has the monopoly on eBooks, not Apple.
It matters if Apple has a dominate position.
Taking 30% of the revenue form developers just to allow them to sell through the App store is very close to terms that only a company with near monopoly powers could impose on developers.
I was not being serious. iPhone 5S will probably break records for both number of units sold (as compared to any other smartphone), dollar amount of sales revenue, and total profit.
Apple's main issue is that certain parts of the government consider their smartphone position so dominant that it raises anti-trust issues. There is a small but growing movement that is going to start pushing for Apple to be broken up. You aren't hearing about this now, but you will in a few years if general trends continue. Those PC sales are going to drop off a cliff in two years, the android devices aren't being actually used as smartphones, and if iOS continues to dominate the tablet market with the tablet market becoming the bulk of the computer market, Apple is going to have a truly dominant position. At least in the U.S. that seems to be where we are going.
Except Apple's market share of mobile and tablet sales are down and continues to drop. Please link all of us to your source.
Market share is not always indicative of sales. Especially If your comparing iPhone/iPad and Android market share. If you breakdown Android phones by manufacturer, their sales may actually lower then compared to Apple.
Last time I heard their sales were increasing, which makes sense with the release of the iPhone 5S.
Market share is not always indicative of sales. Especially If your comparing iPhone/iPad and Android market share. If you breakdown Android phones by manufacturer, their sales may actually lower then compared to Apple.
Last time I heard their sales were increasing, which makes sense with the release of the iPhone 5S.
Developers are free to do what they wish. Develop on any platform and seek whats the best for them.
Apple imposed the 30% when the store first opened. Its not something they imposed once they reached popularity.
Apple provides nearly everything for its store in the price. Advertising, payments, bandwidth. All that is taken care of.
May not be the best deal for larger companies. But for the independent developer its a good deal that helps them compete with larger and more established companies.
Apple is not becoming dominant. Samsung on the other hand, is.
It doesn't matter if other folks use the same business model. It matters if Apple has a dominate position. I'm not saying this is a real issue for this year or next year. But if trends of tablet adoption continue and Apple continues to dominate the tablet and smartphone market with a closed ecosystem, then we are going to see some anti-trust review. Taking 30% of the revenue form developers just to allow them to sell through the App store is very close to terms that only a company with near monopoly powers could impose on developers. Unless Android users start paying for Apps, this is going to take a bigger and bigger bite, percentage-wise out of all software related revenue. You wait and see.
One sentence contradicts the other.
If developers were free, then they could sell iOS apps in other stores.
Payments and bandwidth can be had for a lot less.
And Apple sure doesn't advertise everyone's app.
I can't wait for the 'allow installation of apps from third party sources' checkbox in ios.
Can you say malware-fest? Thats the big reason why Androids having so much trouble with that. Its highly doubtful Apple will ever allow it for that reason.
Personally I don't want apple to protect me from myself. It certainly shouldn't be the default. iOS is the first mainstream computer OS that denies the right to install whatever you want.
OSX seems to be doing just fine.
More then likely they do it to protect themselves. Increased service calls & returns, lawsuits. People who claim they know what their doing, but really don't. Or how about malware that sends more malware to everybody in their contact list.
I was not being serious. iPhone 5S will probably break records for both number of units sold (as compared to any other smartphone), dollar amount of sales revenue, and total profit.
Apple's main issue is that certain parts of the government consider their smartphone position so dominant that it raises anti-trust issues. There is a small but growing movement that is going to start pushing for Apple to be broken up. You aren't hearing about this now, but you will in a few years if general trends continue. Those PC sales are going to drop off a cliff in two years, the android devices aren't being actually used as smartphones, and if iOS continues to dominate the tablet market with the tablet market becoming the bulk of the computer market, Apple is going to have a truly dominant position. At least in the U.S. that seems to be where we are going.
Hallelujah! Are you getting absolutely soaking wet?
May cave now, although I want 128GB.
Waiting for that first 6S rumor.
Except Apple's market share of mobile and tablet sales are down and continues to drop. Please link all of us to your source.
I can't believe I'm reading this, whenever I insinuate anything like the above here I've been tarred and feathered.
I can't wait for the 'allow installation of apps from third party sources' checkbox in ios. An iPhone with a larger screen and that checkbox will literally blow my mind. I may not live to get to use it in person.
And support from kdarling, what's going on here!?