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Re: Apple Reports First Quarter Results

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Post by threeseed »

ravenstine wrote: post #29
idle_zealot wrote: post #23

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> How does Apple control communication on an iPhone? They control what messaging apps you are allowed to install on your iPhone.

And what browser engine you're allowed to use and, thereby, the extent to which you can control your web experience. Then there's the App Store being both a point of control, a burden on developers, and highway robbery with Apple's 30% cut.

Apple's cut is 15% for all developers making up to $1m/year.

And if you think the App Store is a burden you should try implementing customer acquisition and go-to market strategies which is what the store gives you for free.

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Post by unix_fan »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #8

As Apple continues to dominate, we can’t forget that the iPhone is approaching >90% utilization by the youth: https://www.howtogeek.com/778355/new-study-says-87-of-us-tee... This means we will soon enough have a situation where a corporation controls the primary medium of communication of the citizens. At this point a smart society would consider how to regulate this situation to safely prevent domination abuse, but…

I depend on WhatsApp for contacting family, college classes (teachers use it to communicate, and also for group projects), as well as contacting local businesses like pharmacies if I need something delivered.

How is that not a bigger monopoly?

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Post by supernova87a »

avalys wrote: post #47
supernova87a wrote: post #42

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Is this just a knee-jerk thing to say because it seems like it must be true, and it's fashionable to take an alarmist position about any big company? Is there any critical thought behind such a statement? Apple has not (in my recollection) sought to exert control over content of what is being said or shared among users. In fact, they seem to keep quite a distance from wanting to know or be responsible for that. And y…

Well, they decided all of their phones are going to analyze your locally-stored photographs for child photography, and upload questionable photos to the cloud for human review... They also block apps that involve politically controversial content, or content that they disagree with (e.g. pornography).

Well, factually incorrect. (although they didn't do a great job of explaining it). They are said to analyze the fingerprint of photos that have been stored in iCloud, and flag if any match the fingerprints of known suspected criminal child porn photos. Photos are not being "taken" from you and uploaded without your consent, or being looked at by other people. Anyway, side point.

And on the 2nd point, they like any company, have to obey the laws of the countries they operate in. Whether they should operate in countries that call for them to censor political content, that's a different question. I'm sure you would say that companies have to follow the local laws.

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Post by thewarrior »

Notanothertoo wrote: post #43
thewarrior wrote: post #32

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This is the case for all companies in the world eventually. China will overtake the US economy in the next 5 years.

While I don't disagree so you have specific things to read on this topic?

Here you go https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55454146

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Post by jb1991 »

aetherspawn wrote: post #5
jb1991 wrote: post #4

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Just wish the quality control was the same as in the Jobs era.

I have never bought an Apple device that so much as had a spec of dust in the box. But I’ve never had a Dell or HP laptop come without a bezel scratch or something like that. So in my books, Apple are still a league ahead on quality, even.

I’m talking about myriad software bugs.

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Post by ra7 »

r0fl wrote: post #3

Services, which include iCloud, Apple Music, search licensing and App Store fees, continued growing strongly, rising 25% annually to $19.52 billion. Keeps blowing my mind how consistently services keep growing. Highest margins too. Just printing money!

Just their services revenue alone is bigger than annual revenues of several large tech companies (non-FAANGM). It's incredible how huge Apple is!

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Post by jb1991 »

jobu wrote: post #6
jb1991 wrote: post #4

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Just wish the quality control was the same as in the Jobs era.

It's not like there weren't issues then as well - https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/steve-jobs-says...

Yeah but those were exceptions. I’m talking about constant new bugs in operating system or software.
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