That is not true. Not true at all. In other words, whoever told you that its a lie.
Actually, having worked with many software and game companies before the App Store, I know that it is true. Not only were the direct margins higher, almost every CompUSA, Radio Shack and Computerland had slotting fees and mandatory co-op advertising fees (or the equivalent), further reducing how much the developer got. If you have counter evidence, please present it.
Because most people I know have iPhones using FaceTime and iMessages
You can still send them messages, just without getting the blue bubble, and there are many other video chat services that are cross platform.
Because in like the device and OS?
Sorry, there are trade-offs. You want the experience, you have to take the terms that come with it. If you do not like the terms find a different ecosystem.
What about investements done in Apple TV, bought movies?
You can watch them on almost ever brand of smart TV and streaming box. No Apple devices needed. In addition, almost all of the movies and shows you purchased are now part of Movies Anywhere, so they are no longer tied to iTunes.
What about the Apple Watch?
Again, that you like products they have does not grant you the right to force them to change for your benefit. There are Tizen watches and Android Wear watches (as well as many other smart watches). In addition, in your world, an Apple watch could not provide the seamless experience it does, because it would not be able to be linked to the iPhone/iOS.
You see, switching is not just like that.
It is just like that. Nothing forces you to purchase Apple Products. You do not want to give up their ecosystem, you just want to ruin it for everyone that prefers it.
If it was that easy to switch from Windows to macOS probably there would be more Mac users.
It is that easy to switch from Windows to macOS. People do not do it because while Macintosh systems often have a lower TCO, they sometimes seem to have a higher entry price and some people just do not understand the real costs. There are a few very specialized applications that are Windows or Linux only, but they are tiny markets and do not affect most users.
Anyway, for the same reason people buy a car?
People do not buy cars and then spend hours arguing that the car manufacturer should be forced to install someone else’s in-car data system (like OnStar) or make is so they can change out their built in user interface.
No and there aren’t many options, Google applies the same kind of restrictions.
I gave you a web site with many Linux phones. There are many, many options. In addition to being able to side load, one can install other app stores on Android (like Samsung’s). Google applies the restrictions only to its own store. Nothing forces you to use its store.
Yes, you can side load but it looks more like a hack than a feature.
You keep explaining that all you want is the freedom to install what you want, but now you say that you want that, but with all the convenience and UI of Apple’s App Store.
People are equating this has an Apple thing. But in fact what is at stake in way beyond Apple. It’s about defining what happens between that legal limbo between owning the license of an OS and owning a device what degree of controls people should have over the smart devices they own. Wether they are smartphones, cars, PCs or whatever ...
What makes it so hard for you to understand that no one is forced to purchase any of these devices. There are lots of alternatives for those that think as you do. Apple’s ecosystem works as well as it does because of this integration. If you want the freedom to do what you want, it is completely available to you, just not within that ecosystem.
It seams that people are more concerned with what Apple owns than what they themselves own and control. A twisted concept of property. I think the concept of property should be applied to both equally. Don’t you think?
I particularly picked Apple’s ecosystem because I like that its integration and I like its curation. Nothing forced me to purchase an iPhone, an iPad, an iPad Pro, an Apple TV, a Macintosh, an Apple Watch and some HomePods. I choose to pay for Apple Services that I like because I like them and they integrate well. If I did not want that experience, I would not have purchased it.
Apple has the minority smart phone market share in every territory in the world. Even in the U.S. where it may be getting close to 50%, there is a thriving Android market. Why is it so hard for you to see that people do not want what you want, and that you should not force your choices on others?
If Google is being regulated in Android as per enforcing Google Play on OEMs why isn’t Apple being regulated?
Because Apple is a single company with a single product that has a small fraction of the market share that Google has. However, even for Android, there are alternatives and I oppose that regulation. If OEMs do not want to use Google services, let them install only AOSP and not get the benefits of the paid parts of Google’s ecosystem. There are enough of them that they should be able band together and build their own store infrastructure since you keep explaining how easy it is to do (that is one reason that you always give for why Apple do not deserve 30%).
Why is Google being forced to pay for content in Australia
Because News corp and others have better lobbyists than Google have, and the elected officials see this as an easy to gain favor with the media they need to run for office.
while Apple is forcing others to pay for giving content to them?
No one forces anyone to give content to Apple. Companies choose to release their products through the App Store under a set of terms to which they agree. As an alternative, they can release web apps if they want to target iOS customers, or just ignore the small part of the market that is iOS is most countries. They choose to sell their products on the App Store because they make money doing so. If they stop making money, you can be sure they will stop selling their products through that market.
Developers make twice the money in the App Store as they do on the Google Play store despite it being only from under 20% to the high 40’s% of the market (meaning they make somewhere between 2 and 5 times the money per customer). That happens because those who pick Apple’s ecosystem have done so because they trust it and are willing to spend money in it.
I tell you why. reality distortion fields.
The only person whose view of reality is distorted is you.
