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Right now Apple doing the right thing is costing them money. I think that this is something that many do not understand about regulations. To force all companie

Right now Apple doing the right thing is costing them money. I think that this is something that many do not understand about regulations. To force all companies to do the right thing creates a level field were to compete in quality and price instead of on how much abuse can be inflicted upon the users before they quit (quite a lot probably as there are only 2 real options).

floatingatoll 5y ago
Apple doesn’t lose any revenue from this migration of ad spend, because they weren’t earning any revenue from this ad spend in the first place.
- mrkstu 5y ago
  They don’t directly, but it will be interesting to see if apps start migrating preferentially to Android as the preferred platform for ‘free’ apps and they become more and more unable to monetize on iOS.
  - disgruntledphd2 5y ago
    Just as planned. This is all about killing Google and Facebook, while winning some small PR battles about privacy. Meanwhile, such behaviour reinforces Apple as a luxury, aspirational brand and they sell more.
  - floatingatoll 5y ago
    As an iOS user, I sure hope so. The plague of ad-ridden, data-scraping, non-native cross-platform junk UI free apps has noticeably harmed the quality of the platform, and I wish good riddance to them all. Perhaps Apple agrees with my view?
  - saltminer 5y ago
    >apps start migrating preferentially to Android as the preferred platform for ‘free’ apps It already is for truly free apps. There are a lot more apps on Android that cost nothing and have no ads (because you just pay $25 once instead of $100/year). As for the ad-filled ones? I think you'll see less shovelware, but only slightly less, since the lowest quality shovelware will no longer be profitable. It won't lead to a real boost in overall app store quality, though.
jfisjifjsidf 5y ago
> Apple doing the right thing is costing them money Oh, Apple is working a profit angle with its "privacy" focus. I have an old iPad Retina that cannot browse many websites such as Reddit anymore because: (1.) Apple doesn't update Safari on old devices (2.) Apple doesn't allow non-Safari engine browsers Apple's excuse for not allowing you to install Firefox and for maintaining its tight App store control is "privacy." So Apple can turn your $699 iPad 3rd gen into a paperweight even if its almost-unreplaceable battery hasn't worn out yet.

floatingatoll 5y ago

Apple doesn’t lose any revenue from this migration of ad spend, because they weren’t earning any revenue from this ad spend in the first place.

mrkstu 5y ago
They don’t directly, but it will be interesting to see if apps start migrating preferentially to Android as the preferred platform for ‘free’ apps and they become more and more unable to monetize on iOS.
- disgruntledphd2 5y ago
  Just as planned. This is all about killing Google and Facebook, while winning some small PR battles about privacy. Meanwhile, such behaviour reinforces Apple as a luxury, aspirational brand and they sell more.
- floatingatoll 5y ago
  As an iOS user, I sure hope so. The plague of ad-ridden, data-scraping, non-native cross-platform junk UI free apps has noticeably harmed the quality of the platform, and I wish good riddance to them all. Perhaps Apple agrees with my view?
- saltminer 5y ago
  >apps start migrating preferentially to Android as the preferred platform for ‘free’ apps It already is for truly free apps. There are a lot more apps on Android that cost nothing and have no ads (because you just pay $25 once instead of $100/year). As for the ad-filled ones? I think you'll see less shovelware, but only slightly less, since the lowest quality shovelware will no longer be profitable. It won't lead to a real boost in overall app store quality, though.

jfisjifjsidf 5y ago

> Apple doing the right thing is costing them money Oh, Apple is working a profit angle with its "privacy" focus. I have an old iPad Retina that cannot browse many websites such as Reddit anymore because: (1.) Apple doesn't update Safari on old devices (2.) Apple doesn't allow non-Safari engine browsers Apple's excuse for not allowing you to install Firefox and for maintaining its tight App store control is "privacy." So Apple can turn your $699 iPad 3rd gen into a paperweight even if its almost-unreplaceable battery hasn't worn out yet.