Apple agrees to settle potential class action suit by U.S. developers

Post by bogwog » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 1:34 PM UTC

chipotle_coyote wrote: post #40

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #14

I don't understand why the App Store, this small "side business" in the grand scheme of things, is something Apple is worth fighting and dying over. It's literally, a small fraction of their revenue, and yet it grabs 80% of the bad PR and is now under investigation and proposed legislation in the US, UK, EU, Korea, and I think Australia. If I'm Apple, shouldn't it be obvious at this point that losing the App Store mo…

> If I'm Apple, shouldn't it be obvious at this point that losing the App Store monopoly is inevitable? I think Apple believes their own PR story here. They really do believe that the App Store is great for everyone, not just them. They really do believe that they're entitled to a generous cut of all transactions that happen on their devices. Objectively, you're right -- although I think I'd go farther and suggest th…

Post by MeinBlutIstBlau » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 1:37 PM UTC

liquidise wrote: post #39

> Developers can communicate directly with customers about alternative payment options. Customers have to consent and be given the right to opt-out. This is a huge step forward (though it falls well short of the ideal case) for iOS development. Having the ability to tell customers about other, often cheaper, payment methods removes a substantial barrier for some apps that have high-priced subscriptions. Positive as t…

Post by bluedino » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #149

mynegation wrote: post #54

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Lol, few things trigger my OCD more than misspelled words in identifiers. I legit missed important use case while amending legacy system just because someone decided to have “priveleges” in the variable name. I hope all those ways to spell number 90 are part of the joke.

In a triple A game I worked on, the PlayStation button enums were CROSS, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, and...... CRIRCLE. Would drive me absolutely livid. But of course no one was allowed to fix is since it was already in a few different games, countless script files, network-controlled configs etc.....

Post by iNate2000 » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 1:50 PM UTC

TheJoeMan wrote: post #178

Daedren wrote: post #176

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It'll be as it has always been. Apps can't show or hint at alternative payment options. This is in regards to letting users know about such options outside the iPhone's scope (email for instance)

I was hoping Apple was ceding some ground in this, it’s what puts the dirtiest taste in my mouth. If you go to even Walmart (a company very strict on their suppliers) and pick up some object, on the back of the packaging will be www.exampleproduct dot com. And on that website you could theoretically sell your product directly. What does Apple do? “Oh on that privacy policy we mandated you could click here and then he…

Post by chopin » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

InitialLastName wrote: post #199

mynegation wrote: post #54

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Lol, few things trigger my OCD more than misspelled words in identifiers. I legit missed important use case while amending legacy system just because someone decided to have “priveleges” in the variable name. I hope all those ways to spell number 90 are part of the joke.

I worked with a (home-rolled at the company, but long before my time with no compilation documentation) comms library that had functions named "receive" and functions named "recieve". Even better, the library was called into as a COM object by a Visual Basic Script script, and the misspelled corner case only got hit rarely. Figuring out that the problem was the correctly spelled function call was a joy.