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I wonder what would happen if FB and Google went a step further and decided to give Apple the Windows Phone (or Huawei) treatment, by pulling all their apps fro

by sakis 6y ago

I wonder what would happen if FB and Google went a step further and decided to give Apple the Windows Phone (or Huawei) treatment, by pulling all their apps from the App Store, citing these changes as the reason they can't support Apple's platform. I'm not sure the majority of iOS devices users would be happy with any of the involved parties, and that includes Apple.

Swizec 6y ago
They all work great in the browser. You don’t need their apps.
- Bilal_io 6y ago
  You forgot the /s
TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
I wonder what would happen if all partied just came clean. This isn't about privacy or user data, it's a disagreement over how revenue is shared. So rather than this sort of wording from the article: centers on the iPhone data of millions of people and whether companies should be able to track We be read something like this: Facebook and Google go to war with Apple over revenue sharing agreement.
- FabHK 6y ago
  Eh? Revenue is affected by this, no doubt (otherwise thefacebook.com wouldn't go to war), but of course this is also about privacy and user data. How can you deny that?
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  You should provide some data to support a bold claim like Facebook and Google is sharing their revenue with Apple.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
    There's one big pie, and these companies slice the majority of it up between them. When one or another of them does things that changes who gets what sized slice, the others get upset.
    - lotsofpulp 6y ago
      What does it mean to say “there’s one big pie”? There’s one big pie of US GDP. That doesn’t mean anytime someone gains or loses revenue that they are sharing it with someone else. Or at least there is no utility to be gained from that statement.
Mc_Big_G 6y ago
I'd be thrilled.
taf2 6y ago
I like this idea, but I imagine it could be seen as anti competitive for Google to do this... I know it would motive me to use an Android phone, but that might not help Google case of being a none monopoly player... Also I could see Apple firing back by removing Google as their primary search engine inversely impacting Google search ads revenue... So definitely I think Apple has the upper hand. Although I do not believe Apple is honest in their privacy stance... Native apps IMO are far far less private then a browser application...
- qvrjuec 6y ago
  Google is the default search engine on iOS because they pay Apple $7 billion annually for the privilege, I don't think they're going to be strongly motivated to pull the plug on that
yladiz 6y ago
> I'm not sure the majority of iOS devices users would be happy with any of the involved parties, and that includes Apple. I think Apple is smart enough to know how to spin it if Facebook or Google left the App Store because of privacy issues. Some users would be annoyed at Apple, sure, but I would bet many users would see it as a Facebook/Google problem. I didn't hear people blame Apple for requiring listing what data is being collected when Google started not updating their apps and warnings started appearing.

by sakis 6y ago

Swizec 6y ago

They all work great in the browser. You don’t need their apps.

Bilal_io 6y ago
You forgot the /s

TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago

I wonder what would happen if all partied just came clean. This isn't about privacy or user data, it's a disagreement over how revenue is shared. So rather than this sort of wording from the article: centers on the iPhone data of millions of people and whether companies should be able to track We be read something like this: Facebook and Google go to war with Apple over revenue sharing agreement.

FabHK 6y ago
Eh? Revenue is affected by this, no doubt (otherwise thefacebook.com wouldn't go to war), but of course this is also about privacy and user data. How can you deny that?
lotsofpulp 6y ago
You should provide some data to support a bold claim like Facebook and Google is sharing their revenue with Apple.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
  There's one big pie, and these companies slice the majority of it up between them. When one or another of them does things that changes who gets what sized slice, the others get upset.
  - lotsofpulp 6y ago
    What does it mean to say “there’s one big pie”? There’s one big pie of US GDP. That doesn’t mean anytime someone gains or loses revenue that they are sharing it with someone else. Or at least there is no utility to be gained from that statement.

Mc_Big_G 6y ago

I'd be thrilled.

taf2 6y ago

I like this idea, but I imagine it could be seen as anti competitive for Google to do this... I know it would motive me to use an Android phone, but that might not help Google case of being a none monopoly player... Also I could see Apple firing back by removing Google as their primary search engine inversely impacting Google search ads revenue... So definitely I think Apple has the upper hand. Although I do not believe Apple is honest in their privacy stance... Native apps IMO are far far less private then a browser application...

qvrjuec 6y ago
Google is the default search engine on iOS because they pay Apple $7 billion annually for the privilege, I don't think they're going to be strongly motivated to pull the plug on that

yladiz 6y ago

> I'm not sure the majority of iOS devices users would be happy with any of the involved parties, and that includes Apple. I think Apple is smart enough to know how to spin it if Facebook or Google left the App Store because of privacy issues. Some users would be annoyed at Apple, sure, but I would bet many users would see it as a Facebook/Google problem. I didn't hear people blame Apple for requiring listing what data is being collected when Google started not updating their apps and warnings started appearing.