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Apple just lost its lawsuit trying to ban iOS virtual machines

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Re: Apple just lost its lawsuit trying to ban iOS virtual machines

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Post by bzzzt »

ziftface wrote: post #258
bzzzt wrote: post #229

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You can get a free Apple developer account and run any software you build on your own devices.

The way that works is you pay apple an annual fee so that they will sign your applications using their key. Their devices still check that the application is signed by apple. I think you could reasonably say you have no control over that device you paid for if this is what you have to do to run your software on it.

You only pay a fee if you want to distribute. It's free to build your own code and run it on your own phone.

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JimDabell wrote: post #340
smoldesu wrote: post #339

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> virtually nobody pays. 100% of the top 100 paid apps on the App Store pay the full tax. It's a progressive model, and the figure itself is arbitrary anyways. People want a more Mac-like distribution model, and Apple is reluctant to provide it because services are the only thing with wider margin than slave labor cellphones.

> > > virtually nobody pays. > 100% of the top 100 paid apps on the App Store pay the full tax. There are millions of apps on the App Store. The top 100 is a tiny fraction of that. Virtually nobody pays.

The majority of transactions are taxed fully, both by volume and value.

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l8rlump wrote: post #319
the_other wrote: post #193

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> You used to be able to have a web interface to Reminders, but they changed it and now you can't add tasks in the web interface. I just used iCloud.com. Seems to work fine for adding reminders. Are you talking about an API, or the iCloud web UI?

iCloud web UI. Sorry, I just tried again and you can add tasks, but you can't set a due date or time, which I rely on heavily. You used to be able to do this until they went to the "new" Reminders. They gave us a prompt to upgrade to the new reminders, but you don't realize that you lose these features, and as far as I can tell, you can't go back after you "upgrade".

I just set a due date and time on a reminded with the web UI. Add the item, click "details", click "on a day", set a date and time. It's not easy, or a nice UI, but it's functional for this visual user. I didn't check the accessibility.

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Post by JimDabell »

smoldesu wrote: post #342
JimDabell wrote: post #340

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> > > virtually nobody pays. > 100% of the top 100 paid apps on the App Store pay the full tax. There are millions of apps on the App Store. The top 100 is a tiny fraction of that. Virtually nobody pays.

The majority of transactions are taxed fully, both by volume and value.

I have clearly been talking about organisations not transactions:

> The only organisations who pay 30% earn over a million dollars a year from things other than long-term subscriptions. That’s a tiny minority.

You’re just changing the point and arguing for the sake of it now.

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