only until that pesky appstore is busted up. then devs can just sell their app from any store they want.
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only until that pesky appstore is busted up. then devs can just sell their app from any store they want.
Those are the things big brother did. He may also have been less extreme - taunting squirrels, rubbing dog fur against the grain, whatever - but the book doesn’t tell us about those things.
The difference is that Mac applications typically haven't had "one-click purchases"... spending money with the tap and a glance on digital goodies. Mobile apps and gaming have changed the landscape dramatically with regards to how easy it is to spend real money.
I haven't followed this case closely, but I find it hard to believe that Apple will host and support applications that aren't bringing in some form of revenue for Apple if those same apps are bringing in revenue for the developers. They won't give away the App ecosystem for free. So yes, developers can now direct users to external payment systems for in-app purchases, but what will those same developers pay to Apple for hosting their app? Anyone know?
difference is there are more iphones sold in one year than there are xbox and playstations period
Pesky? Why is it pesky?
Definition of "pesky" — "causing trouble; annoying"
How is the App Store being annoying?
Wut?
The whole point of 1984 IS the extreme.
The language is controlled. Your work is controlled. Who you love is controlled. Who you hate is controlled. Who you’re at war with is controlled.
And ALL of it is subject to change on an absolute whim of the state.
Let me know when your life is under any of those limitations.
Yes, laws are meant to control bad behavior, but many people would disagree with you on the anti-competitive point. There's nothing competitive about a monopoly.
it's not gonna be the government that scans your phone for undesirable pictures and text and censors things and redirects your web searches it's gonna be a corporation like apple
So? Why does that make any difference? Are you saying that if you create something successful and it hits a certain sales threshold then you have to make changes?
Right!..Tim said the same thing…Apple is still going to get paid one way or the other..
And WHY do you think they’d be doing that? Just on a whim?
No - it will be the government who’ll be pushing for it.
The same way we’re hearing noises from government about weaking encryption etc.
facebook does everything without the government, apple was gonna do csam scanning without the government, the government doesn't need to do anything for tech companies to usher in the next dystopia
If you say so!
it's not just me. the EU considers having significant market impact to be a standard, the us considers market dominance to be a standard, how can you ignore something like that?
inconsistent enforcement of their own rules for one. fluid rules for two. haven for scam apps under the guise of "security" for three. and there are many more but you probably know how to google..
The iPhone, PlayStation, Xbox and switch each make up 100 of their respective markets. It’s a meaningless distinction.
I personally think this is good. I might be a outlier but in contrast to the majority I welcome change. Change often induces opportunity. This is good for consumers because it produces a opportunity for Apple to become a even better company. Of course this can only be a start. Many more things have to change. The current closed Apple ecosystem is stall and and hinders real innovation.
It's not a question of ignoring it. I'm just considering how this really impacts the consumer. Does it really matter if Apple does the payment processing on the App Store they created? How does that impact the consumer in reality?
Facebook is not Apple. Facebook do what they do because they want to sell your data and make $$$$ off it.
Not at all like 1984.
And CSAM was a terrible knee jerk reaction because of government need to crack down on kiddie porn.