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Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

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Post by Aditya_Garg » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 1:39 AM UTC

mvkel wrote: post #588

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Don't let Apple PR fool you into thinking commercial decisions like this are anything like principle based :-) If Amazon, Uber and Lyft drop iPhone support, people will atop using iPhones and that's pretty much the only reason Apple doesn't charge them a commission.

You think people will stop using iPhones because a ride sharing app goes away? Ever wonder what would happen to Uber and Lyft lost iPhone customers as a user base?

They would both suffer drastically. If it came to that, I’m sure other big companies would join in as well in an attempt to punish Apple ie Netflix,Spotify, and Epic Games

That could definitely put a hamper on new iPhone sales.

Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

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Post by manigandham » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 2:27 PM UTC

sinuhe69 wrote: post #446

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Apple limits everyone by not offering the choice in how their purchased hardware installs and runs their chosen software. We really must steer away from this dystopian view of "choice" amongst trillion-dollar megacorps that control half of the ecosystem. Yes, there should be different rules when they get that big, like serving the user first.

Everyone who served customers first (whoever they are), ended up in the dustbin of history. Apple became so big exactly because they made a right choice between serving customers and serving their self-interest, speaks profit and growth. The purchase and continue support of billions Apple’s customers underline the correctness of Apple’s choice and strategy. It’s also remarkable that not the Apple’s customers who have…

That's a meaningless statement. Putting the customer first is how companies provide value and grow. Obviously the need to capture that value and create profit but every trillion-dollar company today is only that successful by giving the people what they wanted.

What you're missing in this discussion is that these companies are so large and powerful, and their services so critical to 100s of millions of people, that the situation has changed.

Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

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Post by sinuhe69 » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 4:48 PM UTC

manigandham wrote: post #592

sinuhe69 wrote: post #446

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Everyone who served customers first (whoever they are), ended up in the dustbin of history. Apple became so big exactly because they made a right choice between serving customers and serving their self-interest, speaks profit and growth. The purchase and continue support of billions Apple’s customers underline the correctness of Apple’s choice and strategy. It’s also remarkable that not the Apple’s customers who have…

That's a meaningless statement. Putting the customer first is how companies provide value and grow. Obviously the need to capture that value and create profit but every trillion-dollar company today is only that successful by giving the people what they wanted. What you're missing in this discussion is that these companies are so large and powerful, and their services so critical to 100s of millions of people, that t…

Really? You want the best products for free and the companies should give you that?!