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The lack of any authorization to engage in hostilities, for one?
17 days ago on Floating island community off Silicon Valley draws interest from hundreds of tech startups 1 reply 6 recommends
Dumb comment is dumb. Just because it’s on international waters doesn’t mean there are no laws. Piracy is illegal under various forms of international and domestic law. No pirate is stupid enough to operate that close to the shores of the US, especially if the vessel contains American citizens.
17 days ago on Floating island community off Silicon Valley draws interest from hundreds of tech startups 1 reply 2 recommends
17 days ago on Floating island community off Silicon Valley draws interest from hundreds of tech startups
It is definitely a trust issue. Your entire argument about developers choosing not not to develop as an alternative pretty much admits it as much. Obviously developers gain a benefit from the platform, otherwise they wouldn’t develop for it. But the issue, legally and economically, is whether Apple has power over the price of developing for the platform.
Given the popularity of all iOS devices (which definitely outnumber Google Play devices), and the fact that the App Store basically generates 80-90% of the revenue in this market, how can you simply conclude that there isn’t any competitive issue whatsoever here?
23 days ago on Dropbox confirms Apple is rejecting apps that use its SDK (updated)
You seem to be suggesting these arguments are old hat. To some extent, this is true. However, this story is simply another example of many that shows the disadvantages to Apple’s policy. Of course Dropbox is going to work with Apple by reducing the usability of its own product, it’s not like they have much of a choice.
23 days ago on Dropbox confirms Apple is rejecting apps that use its SDK (updated) 1 reply
It’s not understandable at all. If there is user value in having this “convenience,” then users will be willing to pay more for Apps that use it. It would be completely unnecessary for Apple to require in-app purchases to be the same price as out-app purchases if Apple really thinks consumers gain from the convenience. The fact that they do require it simply shows that not even Apple thinks users are willing to cover Apple’s 30% cut for said convenience.
“but to expect Apple to just provide the platform that the App developers have succeeded on for free is just absurd.”
I don’t expect it, but the idea is not absurd. Apple has a huge competitive advantage over its competitors because of the App store. Apple gains as much if not more benefit from Apps being on the App store than App developers as a whole gain (compare total App Store revenues to iOS product revenues, it’s not particularly close). That Apple can charge app developers to host on the App Store, despite making relatively little money off of it, is simply a sign of Apple’s power in the market.
