Anybody else would like an app icon next to the app in the App Store to indicate if an app was written fully in swift?
I would prefer Apple first provide a way to filter by business model; Free, Free with adverts, Free with in-app purchases, etc.
Anybody else would like an app icon next to the app in the App Store to indicate if an app was written fully in swift?
OK, I'll go back in time a month and take that screenshot for you. BRBA screenshot should clear this up very quickly.
I call BS. Just tried this and Apple Music was way down the list. I got:
Spotify
Spotify for Artists
Soundtrap
Youtify for Spotify Premium
I Feel
Quick Spotsearch
Shazam
Music Player
YouTube
Soundcloud
Unlimited Music Player
Google Play
Youtify again (different version)
Kiss App
Block Puzzle
Apple Music
Grocery stores often put their brands on shelves at eye level.
I would prefer Apple first provide a way to filter by business model; Free, Free with adverts, Free with in-app purchases, etc.
No there aren’t! I’ll try to explain.
It’s like if you’ve got a car and it’s got four wheels. You suddenly get a puncture on one and take it to a garage. The garage said that your spare tyre is also flat, so you buy a new tyre from them.
They fit the new tyre onto your car and advise you buy another to put as a spare. You decline but say you’ll think about it later.
The third party apps are like the alloys on the wheels and Apple is like the garage. The car is the App Store.
The flat spare tyre that you choose to keep is the consumer. The spare tyre that you didn’t buy is the cloud where the App Store is housed.
Does that make more sense?
I searched for "Music app" and Apple Music was 1st (if you exclude the paid ad for Amazon's Prime Video)
1) Apple Music
2) Music Apps (Dylan Companjen)
3) Offline Music Cloud Pop Player (CONG WANG)
4) Spotify
5) iMusic Player (WEI FU)
6) YouTube Music
7) Audiomack
8) SoundCloud
9) Pandora
10) Trending Music
I searched for "Music app" and Apple Music was 1st (if you exclude the paid ad for Amazon's Prime Video)
1) Apple Music
2) Music Apps (Dylan Companjen)
3) Offline Music Cloud Pop Player (CONG WANG)
4) Spotify
5) iMusic Player (WEI FU)
6) YouTube Music
7) Audiomack
8) SoundCloud
9) Pandora
10) Trending Music
Uh, the poster I replied to said they used the search term "Spotify". You want to try again?
For basic searches like "maps," Apple's apps ranked first more than 60 percent of the time in the WSJ's testing. Apps that generate revenue like Music or Books showed up first in 95 percent of related searches.
How about WSJ puts competitor articles front and center on their website. Then talk.
They're not wrong. I searched for Spotify and the first result it gave me before Spotify was Apple Music. I laughed at the notion I'd want to actually pay for that app and then scrolled down to the service with good apps.
Ummmm, so you searched for Music and got Music, Briliant. Didn't it return your precise search term? I am failing to see your so called scandal here.
I searched Spreadsheet and Numbers was like number 9 or something. I bet if I search Numbers, I'll get Numbers first. Oh look it worked, I must be so smart.
Most drug stores I go to literally show the competitors price compared to their store brands on the selfGrocery stores often put their brands on shelves at eye level.
If having an alternative App Store is important to you buy one of the countless phones running androidWhen you buy a toaster at a supermarket they don't ban you from buying bread from any other store.
I would expect that a search for a specific app would put said app at the top.
I was merely replicating the WSJ's test where I use a basic search term like "maps," "music," or "books"
When searching for "Books" like the WSJ did, I get
1) Apple Books
2) Amazon Kindle
3) Audible audiobooks
4) Nook
5) Wattpad
When searching for "Maps," I get
1) (Apple) Maps
2) Google Maps
3) Waze
4) Maps+
5) AllTrails
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*facepalm*
Is the WSJ asking other competing news services/publications to write articles for them like Apple wants app developers to write apps for the Apple App Store? No.
The music app is free for non Apple Music subscribers as well its where you listen to all music synced from iTunes*facepalm*
Did you read what the WSJ article is about? It's about Apple favoring their own apps (particular apps that Apple makes money with through their subscription services) above other competitors. And as I've shown, the WSJ's findings are true because my search result for "music" favored Apple's Apple Music subscription service over others by listing it 1st.
Apple gives their spreadsheet app, Numbers, away for free. There is no subscription service with it like there is with Apple Music or Apple News+ which is the 1st/top listed result when I search for "magazine"
They likely paid for the placement.Not that I agree with the WSJ assessment... but your analogy. It's terrible and wrong. Walmart does not feature it's own products in store. They feature branded products more prominently. Most stores feature the branded products.
If I owned a store and made products that were sold in it I'd probably put my stuff up front too.
Most drug stores I go to literally show the competitors price compared to their store brands on the self
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If having an alternative App Store is important to you buy one of the countless phones running android
If I owned a store and made products that were sold in it I'd probably put my stuff up front too.
Yes, they likely did pay for the placement. That, however, doesn't make my assessment of gaximus' quote any less accurate. His claim was Walmart does the same thing. They do not do the same thing.They likely paid for the placement.