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screwycaboose

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    Comment #23580587

    Is it anti-competitive? Apple literally told them how they could reapply the app in a way where they would owe Apple $0. Which again, Basecamp already does. They know this is how i…

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    Comment #23580557

    Recently enough that they happened to be working on Hey at the same time.

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    Comment #23580528

    Last year in front of Congress (while actively developing this new product). They never mentioned it despite Basecamp being in the app store for years and paying Apple $0. The "oh …

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    Comment #23580492

    Because it's not a monopoly. Apple is roughly half of the marketshare in the US, and dramatically lower than that worldwide. They're also not saying that Hey can't be in their stor…

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    Comment #23580468

    Probably could be a lot less than $43/mo if Basecamp didn't feel the need to spend 7 figures on a domain. They're not filling some massive need; it's yet another email service. If …

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    Comment #23579924

    Seems like a lot of these examples are intentionally ignoring the rules that allow them as exceptions just to build up a bigger strawman: * Netflix: Reader app (reader is a special…

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    Comment #23570827

    it's only 30% of the first year if you allow subscriptions in app, then 15% the following years

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    Comment #23570825

    There is a difference. Subscriptions only pay 30% of the first year. Every year after drops to 15%.