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I'm boggled that Apple lets apps charge a weekly amount for features that have no appearance of new content each week, like a newspaper or magazine would. This

I'm boggled that Apple lets apps charge a weekly amount for features that have no appearance of new content each week, like a newspaper or magazine would. This seems like the simplest thing to fix right away.

echelon 5y ago
I'm boggled that the US government lets Apple rake in 30% for commerce on the app store, despite it being only one of two games in town for commerce. It'd be like only having two options for cars (Ford and Tesla), and forcing restaurants, stores, etc. to pay 30% of their gross revenue to Tesla for their having brought you. It's truly bizarro world. Make no pretense. This isn't about protecting consumers, this is about Apple's control. They want to install toll booths onto every road to reaching Americans, and they're defending it like Omaha beach. No browsers, no runtimes, no relationship with your customers. (I swear to god if I hear the "but Nintendo" argument again... These aren't toys. Apple captured 50% of ingress to US customers and their commerce, and they tightly control and tax it. Illegal af.)
- joezydeco 5y ago
  Don't derail. There are other threads about Apple's store and their vig.
  - echelon 5y ago
    Apple is an anticompetitive steam roller and they deserve every measure of criticism they receive. Don't ask for censorship to protect a brand you value. Apple is not beyond reproach.
    - joezydeco 5y ago
      All I said was to take the 'Apple Monopoly' discussion to the 'Apple Monopoly' threads, of which there are plenty. This discussion can be about the shitty App Store approval process and the shitty App Store developers without getting into the financials.
      - perryizgr8 5y ago
        This discussion is definitely about Apple's monopoly on Ios app distribution. If Apple were to let others distribute apps on the platform, people wouldn't complain as much about their broken store. They'd just use the store that they liked better.
        joezydeco 5y ago
        Soooooo by opening up the store the scammers would disappear. Makes sense to me.
        _hyn3 5y ago
        That is not what the parent said. If there were more stores, then there would be more consumer options to choose a more trustworthy store from (like F-droid). Of course, that wouldn't be good for Apple: Apple would inevitably have to throw out some of the legit apps in the course of QA and weather more criticism; Apple would lose that revenue and their vig; and Apple would no longer have as many apps in the app store. Like Amazon, Apple has demonstrated that they prefer that some of their customers get fleeced, as long as they get their cut. "1 million apps and untold billions in revenue, but only 2% of the top apps are scammy... you can figure out which ones, because we didn't bother.."
- FriendlyNormie 5y ago
  Yes, we heard you the first time in literally every other Apple related submission. We all know your opinion already. It’s time for you to shut the fuck up so other people can be heard.

echelon 5y ago

I'm boggled that the US government lets Apple rake in 30% for commerce on the app store, despite it being only one of two games in town for commerce. It'd be like only having two options for cars (Ford and Tesla), and forcing restaurants, stores, etc. to pay 30% of their gross revenue to Tesla for their having brought you. It's truly bizarro world. Make no pretense. This isn't about protecting consumers, this is about Apple's control. They want to install toll booths onto every road to reaching Americans, and they're defending it like Omaha beach. No browsers, no runtimes, no relationship with your customers. (I swear to god if I hear the "but Nintendo" argument again... These aren't toys. Apple captured 50% of ingress to US customers and their commerce, and they tightly control and tax it. Illegal af.)

joezydeco 5y ago
Don't derail. There are other threads about Apple's store and their vig.
- echelon 5y ago
  Apple is an anticompetitive steam roller and they deserve every measure of criticism they receive. Don't ask for censorship to protect a brand you value. Apple is not beyond reproach.
  - joezydeco 5y ago
    All I said was to take the 'Apple Monopoly' discussion to the 'Apple Monopoly' threads, of which there are plenty. This discussion can be about the shitty App Store approval process and the shitty App Store developers without getting into the financials.
    - perryizgr8 5y ago
      This discussion is definitely about Apple's monopoly on Ios app distribution. If Apple were to let others distribute apps on the platform, people wouldn't complain as much about their broken store. They'd just use the store that they liked better.
      - joezydeco 5y ago
        Soooooo by opening up the store the scammers would disappear. Makes sense to me.
        _hyn3 5y ago
        That is not what the parent said. If there were more stores, then there would be more consumer options to choose a more trustworthy store from (like F-droid). Of course, that wouldn't be good for Apple: Apple would inevitably have to throw out some of the legit apps in the course of QA and weather more criticism; Apple would lose that revenue and their vig; and Apple would no longer have as many apps in the app store. Like Amazon, Apple has demonstrated that they prefer that some of their customers get fleeced, as long as they get their cut. "1 million apps and untold billions in revenue, but only 2% of the top apps are scammy... you can figure out which ones, because we didn't bother.."
FriendlyNormie 5y ago
Yes, we heard you the first time in literally every other Apple related submission. We all know your opinion already. It’s time for you to shut the fuck up so other people can be heard.