Netflix is the latest company to try bypassing Apple’s app store

Post by erikpukinskis » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 5:02 AM UTC

wvenable wrote: post #223

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> The web itself could have been killed in the cradle on day one. The web is such a killer app, that if MS blocked it, it would be a problem for MS, not the web, imho. Also IANAL, but given that MS launched a competing service - The Microsoft Network - this seems like a huge anti-trust issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Dial-up The combination of consumer demand for web access + anti-trust would probably crush…

We are talking hypothetical here -- all things being equal. Apple doesn't have anti-trust problems, they've closed off hackers, etc. Apple might not have a monopoly but closed-platform mobile OS is basicaly the whole market. But that's all beside the point, the web was a killer app because it was available. Microsoft could have killed it with the same policies as iOS long before it was ever popular. And not by target…

Post by matheusmoreira » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

NeedMoreTea wrote: post #78

peatmoss wrote: post #20

I miss the idea that a platform, applications, and marketplace were not a vertical stack owned by one entity. As a consumer, I’d love to buy a phone, not a content distribution straight jacket.

For the non-technical majority they are a huge advantage. We're never going to have average users fully technically aware. I well remember the state of Windows during Win 98 and XP where most had no idea what they were downloading, and it seemed every machine had malware, hidden pop ups and 37 IE toolbars. I was constantly asked to clean up friend's machines from the damage done by Kazaa and its associated garbage or…

Post by erikpukinskis » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 5:25 AM UTC

perseusprime11 wrote: post #296

How is this different from Walmart taking a commission for putting your products on their shelf? Why does Apple get so much slack? 30% seems reasonable for giving access to its shelf.

Post by wvenable » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 5:29 AM UTC

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I think we agree... I highly recommend iPhones and iPads to non-technical friends and family members for that exact reason. They are essentially foolproof. But I really don't like the fact that they are fully gated devices. Apple has already keep useful, but competitive-to-them, applications off their platform. They've force developers to eliminate user-beneficial changes to their applications. This is not good even…

What competitive software is not available on iOS? Every service that Apple sells has a comietitjr on iOS.

Post by macintux » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 5:32 AM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #335

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> * Developers are forced to comply with Apple's rules. Otherwise companies could develop shitty apps that use private APIs to work around Apple's restrictions and then force customers to open up their devices to use it. This. Apple consistently chooses to make workaround options complex for the purposes of discouraging this sort of activity. See: * Deprecated APIs are actually obsoleted and removed; your app won't r…

Everything you posted is a benefit to the developer but not the end user.