The first sentence contradicts the second sentence.
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Judge Grills Tim Cook on App Store Policies as End of of Epic Games v. Apple Trial Approaches
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That's because Apple is on the wrong side. Because of that the judge will look anti Apple (to AAPL shareholders) when she asks the questions she needs to ask.
I see you can't write a joke. 🤣
It's ok if you didn't know the second definition of the word but don't try and pass it off as a 'joke'.
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Does it? People can live without a house (and some do). Does it make the house not essential? By your definition only food and water are essential then.
I am pretty sure the real number of APIs is many orders of magnitude lower but he is not a software designer so let's give him a slack. Although he might have been advised to use this ridiculous number by someone.
Most people today don't understand the costs involved in hosting your own site. Even if you have one fo those free or low cost websites, you could get slammed with storage and bandwidth costs if you get too many hits.
Plus, you'll need to keep it up to date to avoid getting hacked, implement eCommerce which requires you to get a payment processor, etc., plus all the Logistics involved.
Also, you'll need to first build a reputation, as people don't just go buy stuff at new sites. This is why people prefer to shop at Amazon or another known store. So if you are a small developer, the overhead in time and money would be overwhelming. And the big and well known developers would cast a shadow on you.
Plus, you'll need to keep it up to date to avoid getting hacked, implement eCommerce which requires you to get a payment processor, etc., plus all the Logistics involved.
Also, you'll need to first build a reputation, as people don't just go buy stuff at new sites. This is why people prefer to shop at Amazon or another known store. So if you are a small developer, the overhead in time and money would be overwhelming. And the big and well known developers would cast a shadow on you.
Not all APIs are open to the public, but are used internally within the OS.
Yeah no, its not. My grandparents live their life just fine without a smartphone. Its not a 2009 flip phone, Jitterbug still makes new flip phones. Its obviously still popular enough for a company to exist and that product line to still exist.
I thought critics were claiming the judge was one sided and biased against Epic since she ripped them so hard in the TRO and Preliminary Injunction.
I 100% agree with this. I might be biased, probably am actually, but since I prefer story games, I would rather spend $30 or $60 on a game that lasts 100-150 hours (first playthrough of Persona 5 took me 150 hours since I did a lot of side stuff and enjoyed the activities) than spend $60 on the Madden game and purchase skins.
I am a HUGE fan of RPGs, and while most of my spare time is still software development, I do the occasional gameplay every week. I thought Trails of Cold Steel 4 looked cool to play, turns out this is one of the only games in existence that has an overarching story branching out 9 games! So I have 9 games, $30 to $60 on average costs. With 1,000+ hours of game time on my plate. MUCH MUCH more worth it than spending that SAME money on pay to play games.
The above are points I believe are relevant as well. No upfront free to host an app is a biggie, imo, especially since the iOS App Store is a complete management and distribution platform to apps delivering services to end-users.
When a digital storefront pulls in $50 Billion every year — there's something way out of whack
The judge is right when pointing out flaws in Cook's argument. But none of it matters. Apple should be able to run its own platform how it chooses, whether it seems "nice" or not.
That is true. I have experienced this first hand with family and friends. Those card game iOS apps, how someone can spend $5,000+ on those is just ridiculous. And for what?! You think in 15 years that money will still be put to good use? At least with physical card collecting (Pokemon for example), there is a physical item attached to it and might possibly increase in value 15 years later if you take care of it. I guarantee you that card game on iOS now will not even launch 15 years from now. I mean people have VERY old comics that are great values now, especially if they have been signed.
I broke my phone at some point and took a few months to replace it. Doesn't seem all that essential.
As Tim Cook said during his deposition, the app store is part of the iPhone and helps sell phones. They want to compete with Android, so they need to do what is best for consumers. Taking away the app store will not sell their phones and is bad for their consumers. That's why developers are mad, because consumers are favored 9 times out of 10 over the want's of the developers and there is nothing the developer can do other than operate a website or develop only for Android instead. Developers just want Apple to start listening to them again, maybe this trial was the kick that Apple needed.
So agreeing or wanting our iPhone to stay locked down means we are fanboys or just accepts anything Apple does? I was ABSOLUTELY furious with how Apple handled the 2013 trash can Mac Pro....trash can is right. It was HORRIBLE. I don't like how they handled the keyboard situation on the Macbook Pros from 2016 until recently (can't remember if it was 2020 or 2021 model that got rid of it, I don't use laptops anymore).
Why do you think Macs are more expensive? I mean I am not the CFO of Apple and have a breakdown of what their finances go to. But if I can get a similar/better system that is NOT apple for half the cost, I would think part of that is to cover part of the macOS itself. After all, who pays the developers of macOS? Who paid the people that made macOS Big Sur and where did that money come from?
Shopping malls are not monopolies exerting their power or undue market influence. About 90% of you miss the point over and over.
Neither is Apple - Android exists. In fact I do know some business that ONLY have Android apps. They don't have iOS apps.
Shopping Malls are like a Monopoly: if you want to do business inside them, you have to pay rent.
If they find you selling your stuff without a permit, you'll be escorted by security and eventually banned from going inside.
Apple is not a monopoly. You are selling in their mall. If you don't follow their rules, they have the right to kick you out.
You don't pay a monthly rent, but a percentage of your sells. If you don't sell anything or have a bad month, you don't have to pay a penny. You only pay based on your success. How difficult to understand is this?
BTW... are you a developer (selling in an App Store)?
True. That shopping mall would be too expensive for starters and would never allow ten different software packages of the same kind. Bye bye start-up = go work for established company on their terms.