Why are you people defending Apple?
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Why are you people defending Apple?
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#2And people wonder why I hate the walled approach Apple takes.
The article makes another great point about people not being able to leave iOS devices for a competitor because all their music, movies, apps, etc are in Apple's DRM format and won't transfer to other devices.
Apple deserves to have control over their own platform, but this is getting a little crazy. The extra fee wouldn't be so bad if developers could increase fees through apps to offset it, but Apple is forcing them into a horrible position. They can't say the reason for higher prices is Apple charging them. They have to eat that cost for the customer and aren't even allowed to post links to their site in the app anymore.
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#3They are trying to force content producers to work exclusively with Apple.
I can up the cost to the end user _as long as I stay only with Apple_. Once I move my product to a second competing device, then it really hurts profit because the price has to stay the same.
Once they become the exclusive provider, then they continue to dominate the market, regardless of what other tablets and operating systems come along.
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#4And people wonder why I hate the walled approach Apple takes. The article makes another great point about people not being able to leave iOS devices for a competitor because all their music, movies, apps, etc are in Apple's DRM format and won't transfer to other devices. Apple deserves to have control over their own platform, but this is getting a little crazy. The extra fee wouldn't be so bad if developers could inc…
Now everyone should know, if they didn't before, why Apple is no Microsoft. Apple isn't content to create a platform, they want to own everything. They want a walled garden, they want captive users, they want to be able to demand exorbitant profit margins in perpetuity.
Mostly benign monarchies may seem very attractive at first glance, but over time abuse of power is inevitable and then it's too late.
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#5This articulated a lot of my issues with Apple better than I could. I tend to steer clear of TC, but I think this is the best article I've seen on this issue of the 30% cut.
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#6"And finally, there’s the related notion that anyone who doesn’t like Apple’s rules can pick up and move to another platform, like Android. Which is ridiculous."
What? Ridiculous how? This claim is ridiculous.
Suck it up and use Android. You'll live. I did.
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#7I’m sure this post will invite a throng of Apple advocates to poke holes in my logic
...as if that were not transparently the intent of an article entitled "Why are you people defending Apple?"
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#8And people wonder why I hate the walled approach Apple takes. The article makes another great point about people not being able to leave iOS devices for a competitor because all their music, movies, apps, etc are in Apple's DRM format and won't transfer to other devices. Apple deserves to have control over their own platform, but this is getting a little crazy. The extra fee wouldn't be so bad if developers could inc…
Now everyone should know, if they didn't before, why Apple is no Microsoft. Apple isn't content to create a platform, they want to own everything. They want a walled garden, they want captive users, they want to be able to demand exorbitant profit margins in perpetuity. Mostly benign monarchies may seem very attractive at first glance, but over time abuse of power is inevitable and then it's too late.
I wonder how much content will end up simply as web apps and web sites and then it won't matter what platform the end user chooses.
I've changed my focus from iOS to web because of Apple's policies.
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The parent asked why I defend apple and I laid out my argument. Clearly people cared enough to respond and react. And yet I'm being downvoted for sharing my perspective just because it might be contrarian?
Maybe that's /not/ why I'm being downvoted, but that's what it feels like to me. So no thanks. I'm content to keep my opinions to myself.
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#10They are trying to force content producers to work exclusively with Apple. I can up the cost to the end user _as long as I stay only with Apple_. Once I move my product to a second competing device, then it really hurts profit because the price has to stay the same. Once they become the exclusive provider, then they continue to dominate the market, regardless of what other tablets and operating systems come along.
Why does the price have to stay the same between platforms?