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Minnesota and Arizona Bills Aim to Let Developers Skirt Apple's In-App Purchase Rules
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Sometimes politicians don't really have a clue on what kind of bills they're proposing, as long as they got some favorable feedback from certain classes. Interesting. I'm wondering why such bills can suddenly be drafted and proposed, if there wasn't a lobbyist somewhere pre-drafting them for these politicians.
Web app. Completely free from Apple's walled garden.
I agree. Like so many actions these days — riots, tweeting — the focus is on attention and publicity, not what is beneficial or productive.
I’ve made a good living for ~8 years writing free (as in “Get” on App Store) apps.
One required a subscription, paid via separate website.
One funded by in-content advertising (not linked, just there).
One paid by service provider, enhancing their service.
Apple got $99/year, which is practically nothing for hosting distribution, push notification, security certificates, etc for millions of users.
The Apple walled garden is...a walled garden. You buy into a space with rules, which work very well for most who work with those rules. You can provide your own billing, advertising, etc without paying Apple more than a paltry $99/yr fee for a bargain in services.
One required a subscription, paid via separate website.
One funded by in-content advertising (not linked, just there).
One paid by service provider, enhancing their service.
Apple got $99/year, which is practically nothing for hosting distribution, push notification, security certificates, etc for millions of users.
The Apple walled garden is...a walled garden. You buy into a space with rules, which work very well for most who work with those rules. You can provide your own billing, advertising, etc without paying Apple more than a paltry $99/yr fee for a bargain in services.
This will go to the Supreme Court and be shot down, states can not break federal interstate commerce laws. I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on the Internet.
Traditional computers are what they are. The genie is already out of the bottle. They have their strengths and weaknesses. Cell phones aren't traditional computers. And some of us like that. We don't want to deal with many of the headaches we've dealt with in the past.
Some of us think the new way of doing things is better than the old way. We feel what you're suggesting would remove some of the things we perceive to be advantages on this platform. Furthermore, we feel there is already a platform better suited for those needs and desires if that's the experience the consumer is looking for.
Can someone please explain something to me. Why are we wasting SO MUCH TIME with this stuff, arguing that "Apple is a monopoly". Can we please focus some of that attention to the ACTUAL monopolies like Spectrum? I am ONLY able to get Spectrum in my area. NOTHING ELSE. Whereas in the case of Apple, I can just move to Android no problem.
Move to another area. No problem. 👍
Compared to Windows and macOS - yes its safe. Are we saying it is impenetrable? No. Its better than the malware out there for Android, and FAR BETTER than Windows and yes macOS too gets some malware.Because Apple's app store is so safe?
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You should avoid leaving your house. It's dangerous outside.
Seriously, people keep with the argument "I own the device". Yes, you do. Jailbreak it. Go ahead. But you CANNOT force Apple to support it.
Just like if I purchased a Surface Pro computer, and took it all apart, and went to the support center with ALL THE SMALL PIECES and asked for a replacement.
There are some computer shops that will not offer support if you replace EVERY SINGLE INTERNAL component and say "its not working"
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Or, as an actual journalist would phrase it:
Minnesota and Arizona Bills Aim to Regulate Apple's In-App Purchase Rules, to create competition for Transaction Processing Services on Apple platforms.
Seriously, the sheer vulgarity of how Pro-Apple-partisan the language ("Skirt Apple's In-App Purchase Rules" FFS) used by Macrumors writers is on this issue, sounds like some sort of Apple-centric Fox News.
You can't make the market way too narrow. The product is actually a Mobile app. Therefore, you have Android as an alternative. iOS does not have a monopoly for ALL MOBILE APPS in existence. You can perform the EXACT SAME LOGIC in an Android app.
Epic runs their own store. The store is available on Mac, Windows, and Android. They're familiar with how to distribute apps, as is any other half decent developer. Apps were available for download from the internet long before Apple introduced the iOS App Store.
Only tiny developers. The cutoff is $1M. I'd guess there are few organizations that employ even 5 people but don't make $1M.
Further, I'd guess that did virtually nothing to impact Apple's revenue from the App Store.
Not really. It's just semantics. In most parts of the world, in the "polite" phrasing, it's called "buying influence", and where people are more direct it's called "bribery". Americans (I am one) like to think of themselves as somehow occupying the moral high ground; that's a delusion, for at least the last 50 years, anyway.
There is the rub though.
If you own an iPhone, you cannot 'choose' to use another AppStore.
Sideloading is even limited, without rooting.
If you bought a new car and the car company said you're required to do all maintenance at that place, do you think that's reasonable? History has said "no", overwhelmingly. Then they tried the "well if you get tires somewhere else, it will void your warranty" and they were told "no" again by the courts.
In fact, Apple screwed over Amazon purely out of spite and no "honest" reason -- which is why you can't buy Kindle books inside of the Kindle or Amazon's app. This, alone, is reason enough to strong-arm new laws to either force Apple to allow such things or allow third-party app stores.
At some point we need to give consumers a bit more power and respect and not allow corporations to run us over, as they are. Of course I'm also a huge fan of forced open-sourced infotainment systems in cars.
I also realize I'm in a minority whose opinion tends to trigger the die-hard fans and cultists.
I'm so sick of seeing this ^^: The 30% has always been just for the first year. After that it has been 15% for everyone, since the App Store first opened. Now it's 15% from the git-go for small devs.
Sounds like Minnesota doesn't wanna abide by Apple.. They have had for years.
Everyone mentions those how developers hate this, yet they make them up anyway by in-app purchases. which usually is the main form of funding source. Once hitched on a game,, your more likely to unlock it and pay fo extras then you are paying an app outright.
Not to be taken lightly, but there are "other options"
Everyone mentions those how developers hate this, yet they make them up anyway by in-app purchases. which usually is the main form of funding source. Once hitched on a game,, your more likely to unlock it and pay fo extras then you are paying an app outright.
Not to be taken lightly, but there are "other options"
