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Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
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Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
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Yes, and that's why monopolies must die, in practice desolved by governments. Once you buy a smartphone today you and everybody who wants to do further business with you are at the mercy of a monopolist. For Apple 100%, for Google only 98% because you could side-load. But not a secure and practical solution today.
I don't think monopoly is the right word here.
You are correct, although there’s plenty of room for Apple to engage in evil anti-competitive behavior without having a monopoly over any sanely defined market. EU regulators seem to think they’ve crossed that threshold!
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
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At least in the U.S. business owners have the right to refuse service or turn away a customer to protect their patrons and business. That's the issue with all these providers. Every couple of weeks there's a story from someone whose Google account was suddenly closed with no way to access their emails or pictures again.
It is a double-edged sword. A right to refuse service is great when you have an unruly patron in a pub or restaurant that is ruining the evening for everybody else. But on the other side it is really easy for a company like Google to just kill your smaller company because they decided they do not want to allow you access to an account anymore.
> But on the other side it is really easy for a company like Google to just kill your smaller company because they decided they do not want to allow you access to an account anymore.
It sounds like the problem isn't Google being able to refuse service, but instead that Google doing that has the power to kill your smaller company. No one company should be allowed to have the power to decide which companies live or die.
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes? Housing is infinitely better than the US, job security can be better, work life balance is better, cities are nicer to look at, architecture is better, people are more active, fitter, have lives beyond work. The bread is better, so is the cheese. There is real food available. Public transport is plentiful. Society feels a bit less polarised. The EU is infinitely better than living in the states. At least for thi…
Interesting. I thought housing in the EU has been a challenge for generations with home ownership a difficult to impossible goal for most people, with this being the case across the region. In the US the housing affordability issue is in a few highly desirable urban areas, but not being generally case across the country. I think the bread in the US, sans the supermarket stuff, is generally exceptional with bakeries t…
" But the reality of America is much more complex than that, and that’s accelerated since the 1950’s, and was completely broken down in the 1990’s. " You complain a lack of seing the complexity of American food but instead you have a simple view of the European cultures. Have you been ever in any European country and when? I have the feeling you havent been.
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
#235Apple's statement:
“Following conversations with Epic, they have committed to follow the rules, including our DMA policies. As a result, Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple Developer Program.”
If you think the EU got their shit together in 2 days, you're day dreaming.
Phil Schiller invited Epic to make assurances that they'd follow the terms of the agreement. Epic did. The EU didn't even have their shoes on.
You can safely ignore Tim Sweeney's twitter chest beating - it's marketing.
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
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Quality of life, work-life balance, good schools, good transport, lots of consumer protections, human rights & rights for minorities, 70 years of peace. Economic growth isn't great but could be a lot worse if I look at the rest of the world. Energy transition for sure has some huge challenges but again, we're doing pretty great compared to other places in the world. Housing is an issue, but where isn't housing an iss…
>70 years of peace. Which 70 years?
The 70 years the US paid for of course :)
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
#237Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you can't have successful tech giants, you can have principles. If Apple/Meta/Alphabet were European companies the EU regulators would have absolutely no scruples about these things. Every country talks 'free trade!' out of one side of their mouth, and implements protectionism via various concerns about health/safety/fairness out of the other when it's expedient. The US isn't any different, it's just not tech comp…
The US used to have huge oil or railroad companies, but also scruples to regulate them when they grew too big.
You mean how the US regulated them out of business after giving them huge subsidies?
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
#238Apple's statement: “Following conversations with Epic, they have committed to follow the rules, including our DMA policies. As a result, Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple Developer Program.” If you think the EU got their shit together in 2 days, you're day dreaming. Phil Schiller invited Epic to make assurances that they'd follow the terms of the agreemen…
All sides are marketing and trying to maintain an image. It's up to you to figure out what's actually happening without bias.
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
#239Apple's statement: “Following conversations with Epic, they have committed to follow the rules, including our DMA policies. As a result, Epic Sweden AB has been permitted to re-sign the developer agreement and accepted into the Apple Developer Program.” If you think the EU got their shit together in 2 days, you're day dreaming. Phil Schiller invited Epic to make assurances that they'd follow the terms of the agreemen…
Breton posted on X that his team would look into this case with high priority yesterday. Apple noticed they are about to get a beating and decided to handle this case proactively before they get fined and regulated even stronger
Re: Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
Then buy 51% of shares, do a hostile takeover and stop their anti-competitive madness before it is too late. You don't need to do radical changes, just small actions like do not steal the tips students send to teachers. Going full-goblin mode and demanding 30% of all the money that moves through a phone is what is destroying Apple.
Students are tipping teachers now? Tipping culture really has gone off the rails.
Can someone please explain how this isn't bribery in disguise? I'd have graduated with honors if my teachers accepted tips