"All devices sold in our country will use the country approved App Store. All other stores are banned."
But sure, pull the other leg.
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"All devices sold in our country will use the country approved App Store. All other stores are banned."
But sure, pull the other leg.
And those companies would have no material impact observed from those micromanagement rules anyway, and customer will be the loser (as they always be). After all, every customer is just a mere entry in the database.
But not in business world and companies with billions of dollars of cash and trillions of dollars of market value. Business world has been vowing to defy the laws of nature for the longest time possible. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and the like is the manifest of that.
More like ChatGPT is trained by our data, hence looks like us.
But that’s another topic for another day.
Nah. Every now and then ChatGPT says something surprising.
EU will have App Store"S" by May 2024. And here, years later, still debating whither payment monopoly is legal or not.
You like being a product?But it’s not like Apple hid that fact. They said “We don’t have 3rd party app stores” and Epic was like “WE DON’T CARE, WE JUST WANT ACCESS TO THOSE APP STORE CUSTOMERS!”....
Please let the Supreme Court hear this and rule anti-steering unconstitutional. I don’t really want Apple to be forced to make changes and want them to do the right thing, but the anti-steering always seemed like too much.
Even the phrase anti-steering seems like doublespeak. I understand some of the reasoning about guiding people outside the walled garden, but it seems hard to defend.
Would be interesting to hear a Supreme Court opinion on it either way. Not that they’ve been exactly batting 1000 lately.
Even the phrase anti-steering seems like doublespeak. I understand some of the reasoning about guiding people outside the walled garden, but it seems hard to defend.
Would be interesting to hear a Supreme Court opinion on it either way. Not that they’ve been exactly batting 1000 lately.
Can you sell iPhone apps in the Android app store? Nope. The whole point of anti-competitive is that you shouldn't have to be forced to make a different product to sell it somewhere else. You should be able to sell YOUR product at more than one store.
You can bet if EPIC wins the battle with Apple they will then be coming after Sony and Microsoft and Nintendo. EPIC could release all their games for "free" on consoles, but make it so you can't get past the main menu unless you put in a code you buy from epic.com. Sure that wouldn't quite work this generation, but we are very rapidly approaching a time when the defect console comes without ability to play physical games and games will start accepting this kind of thing.
And here we go again.
It’s already half of 2023, all those billions wasted on trials and tribulations just use them to build a better phone with a better store with a better of everything inside said store. Time to show apple how it’s done!
When it works (which it will because apparently the current one sucks) it will phase out the other stores… until you get to repeat this same situation but from the other side of the fence: random people and random rules trying to hijack your now successfully founded store, except this time you can let them do whatever they want with said open store and let other stores pile on top and pile on the sides concurrently. Hence achieving the ultimate dream: a soup of random app stores.
It’s already half of 2023, all those billions wasted on trials and tribulations just use them to build a better phone with a better store with a better of everything inside said store. Time to show apple how it’s done!
When it works (which it will because apparently the current one sucks) it will phase out the other stores… until you get to repeat this same situation but from the other side of the fence: random people and random rules trying to hijack your now successfully founded store, except this time you can let them do whatever they want with said open store and let other stores pile on top and pile on the sides concurrently. Hence achieving the ultimate dream: a soup of random app stores.
What? I see both Microsoft excel, word, etc on both android and apple stores. Pick another, Jetpack joyride maybe? Pick another: clash of clans and all those supercell games? Pick another… times millions.
Let’s not get started on The Witcher on Switch, PlayStation, Steam PC, Xbox, etc
Fully agree!
Sadly these politicians still don’t understand the Internet and web based apps as alternatives which both AndroidOS and iOS support. Some would argue Amazon App Store for Android Apps but just how many people actually use it beyond their Amazon smartTV or sticks!!??
Or Nintendo for that matter?!
No sanctions on them right?! Right!!??
This clearly shows the monetary corruption in implementing these rules.
You’re funny.
Epic DID do their own thing via WebBased purchases! Also Epic is hypocritical and does the EXACT same thing for licensing their API and software to developers locking them in to their own access and payment system.
But ooooh no you don’t look that gift horse in the mouth and nor does EU representatives. I hope their (members) bank account transactions are leaked as well as their immediate family members and any GIFTs exemptions from taxation is shown. There you’ll see which was “lobbied” or bought out to push these rules into place while looking the other way.
I’d love for ALL written discussions from beginning to end of all EU representatives be shown as well. Somebody had to know about Epic and others against Apple but ignored the mirror.
There is nothing inherently unconstitutional or evil about anti-steering policies. Apple’s policy is really no different than that every other retailer has in place. A manufacturer is not allowed to sell stock a Target, for example.with packaging stating that the price is cheaper at another WalMart or directly from the manufacturer.
I personally have no opinion on the provision, but it really is not the hill to die on.
There is a recent spate linked to people being tricked into sideloading apps onto their android phones.
Police warn of fake SMS directing Android users to download 'anti-scam' app
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force on Sunday (Jul 16) issued a warning over a fake SMS impersonating as its "anti-scam centre (ASC)". "In this scam variant, members of the public would receive a scam SMS from 'ASC', requesting them to download and install an “anti-scam” app to ensure the
One man’s locked down ecosystem could easily mean another guy potentially not being swindled out of his life savings. That’s why I feel a walled garden is neither inherently good nor bad. It just is, but it cannot be a choice that is left up to the individual.
Which is why I say iOS needs to remain locked down to serve as a viable alternative to android, rather than become similar in that regard.
I have no idea what you're saying
Apple charges whatever they want, make whatever they want, and it's up to the customers to vote with their wallets.
This perfectly sums up Epic's Founder Tim Sweeney. The man has missed so many opportunities cause of his ego and now with Tencent's backing is trying to break the iOS platform just so he can catch up to his former competitor, Valve!
The blind faith Europeans have in judges who live in 8 bedroom homes over there like they’re innocent and honest people. Like high judges and their politicians are humble, impoverished children in a Charles Dickens novel or something.
They just do their corruption and kickbacks super quietly. You think palms aren’t being greased to operate there? We have large offices in London and Paris. Nothing happens in either place without bribes and money to “clear bureaucratic red tape.”
More than likely, Apple will pay a fine per device for non compliance and pass that fee along to each EU customer. Or litigate it in the courts for the next 15 years. They’ve still got iPhone lawsuits open dating back to the 3GS and 4 era… a device that hasn’t been technologically relevant in 12+ years.
India slapped Apple about not including the charger in the box. Apple took it to their courts a year ago and has buzzed along not complying with the Indian request for a year now. They’ll drag it out for a decade if something isn’t technologically or financially convenient for them. I was stunned they decided to comply with the USB-C port.
Anyone stating that this will lower prices for the end user is a fool. Epic charges the same for their Fortnite bucks on their website as they do on all other platforms. Except for 3 months before they pull this stunt and lowered it to have proof of providing value to the end user.
Epic/Tencent can't build their store within Walmart either. Epic/Tencent aren't able to build their own store on XBOX/PS/Switch either. Note: they pay the same fees on all those locations except for Walmart/Target/etc which takes 50%.
Looking forward to March 2024 when all of this is no longer an issue in the EU
Classic Apple playing the petulant child.
Every Apple customer is a product of Apple. It’s just Apple fiercely defend their user base data from being harvested to the fullest potential by their competitors, in the name of “privacy”.
But it isn’t a $1200 phone when the battery needs replacing, ithe value by that time is probably a third or a quarter of that, which is why many do put cheaper batteries in it.
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