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TikTok May Be Breaking App Store Rules by Avoiding Commissions on Tips
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What two letters describe this post and are also missing from your username?
This is pure theft !
100% TikTok money belongs to Apple.
TikTok users are Apple customers first and Apple customers second. There is no third.
100% TikTok money belongs to Apple.
TikTok users are Apple customers first and Apple customers second. There is no third.
What is becoming increasingly clear is that governments and the public are running short on Apple's way of doing business.
(Personally, I think this is silly because Apple is one of many who take a 30% cut. Amazon, for one, takes 15% and they don't provide nearly the same benefits that Apple does, not to mention, that selling on Amazon required additional costs to pack and ship items.)
Apple needs to find another way of making money from the App Store. The current model is already outdated by the votes of many politicians. Even in the US, it appears there is an expiration date on the current App Store.
In this case, however, I think the point is mute as Tik Toc will be either US owned or out of the US within a year.
(Personally, I think this is silly because Apple is one of many who take a 30% cut. Amazon, for one, takes 15% and they don't provide nearly the same benefits that Apple does, not to mention, that selling on Amazon required additional costs to pack and ship items.)
Apple needs to find another way of making money from the App Store. The current model is already outdated by the votes of many politicians. Even in the US, it appears there is an expiration date on the current App Store.
In this case, however, I think the point is mute as Tik Toc will be either US owned or out of the US within a year.
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They might. But they aren’t regulating speech. They’re regulating ownership of companies for foreign adversaries.
China isn’t giving you free speech on the platform right now. They’re pushing specific algorithms to create the narrative they want. One can argue, this avoids Chinese censorship, and is thus protecting the first amendment.
People paying actual money to someone who is already overpaid on that app is a wild concept to me...."influencers" and "influencer culture/social media culture" are the biggest issues in society imo...
Yes never mind wealth inequality, fast fashion, carbon footprints, crime, misinformation etc 🤷♀️
That's certainly a leap.
They have the biggest population, so they have a huge marketplace. They have the biggest population, so they have a huge workforce.
The majority of Apple products are assembled there. Would you suddenly end production and sales there by defying the goverment?
First thing, US is not really a ”small part“ of the world.
Second, US is one of the largest markets in the world, discarding it will be a huge loss to whichever company Wanting to do business globally Unless their goods/service cannot be provided in US.
You forgot that bipartisan support in the congress against China was and still is quite strong, however “unconstitutional“ you think it might be, not to mention “freedom of speech” does not mean “unlimited consequence-free speech”.
Also, China can ban any and all websites/service hosted in USA however they like. Why US cannot do the same thing with all websites/services hosted in China however WE like?
yep and guess who perpetuates all of what you listed......you guessed it, influencers and social media culture......
All of which existed long before them. You perpetuate it. We all do.
Zero sense of proportion.