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Apple deserves money for every app on the phone (per Apple). Therefore the CTF makes perfect sense to them. I think they’re really annoyed by the Facebooks and

by MBCook 2y ago

Apple deserves money for every app on the phone (per Apple). Therefore the CTF makes perfect sense to them. I think they’re really annoyed by the Facebooks and Spotify’s of the world that make a fortune from the iPhone and pay nothing. “We have to open up” + “this is our chance to claw some back” = here’s the core technology fee.

talldayo 2y ago
> I think they’re really annoyed by the Facebooks and Spotify’s of the world that make a fortune from the iPhone and pay nothing. And not the Mac? It seems pretty obvious that it's not even an ideological thing, Apple is fine with some users not being forced through their ecosystem. They know that the iPhone specifically is most lucrative and are trying to arbitrarily distinguish it from their other products. It frankly doesn't matter how Apple feels about it at the end of the day, there's only compliance and noncompliance.
- MBCook 2y ago
  I think they see them as different for historical reasons. The Mac is a computer and the iPhone is an appliance, so the differences makes sense to them. Also they tried to retrofit the App Store onto the Mac, it’s a joke compared to what they seem to have thought it would become. Yeah there is software, and I use it, but for many reasons it’s far less successful than it should have been if done well. > It frankly doesn't matter how Apple feels about it at the end of the day, there's only compliance and noncompliance. I agree. Some people see the CTF and can’t imagine why they’d create it. I’m just trying to explain what I (and others) have suggested was the reason. It makes sense and is just given their seeming point of view. Problem for them is no one else, even huge fans, seems to agree.
fennecbutt 2y ago
Wait so you really think that Ford should be viciously angry at somebody if they buy a non ford branded air freshener for their car? Because the air freshener company "makes a fortune from the car and pay nothing".

by MBCook 2y ago

talldayo 2y ago

> I think they’re really annoyed by the Facebooks and Spotify’s of the world that make a fortune from the iPhone and pay nothing. And not the Mac? It seems pretty obvious that it's not even an ideological thing, Apple is fine with some users not being forced through their ecosystem. They know that the iPhone specifically is most lucrative and are trying to arbitrarily distinguish it from their other products. It frankly doesn't matter how Apple feels about it at the end of the day, there's only compliance and noncompliance.

MBCook 2y ago
I think they see them as different for historical reasons. The Mac is a computer and the iPhone is an appliance, so the differences makes sense to them. Also they tried to retrofit the App Store onto the Mac, it’s a joke compared to what they seem to have thought it would become. Yeah there is software, and I use it, but for many reasons it’s far less successful than it should have been if done well. > It frankly doesn't matter how Apple feels about it at the end of the day, there's only compliance and noncompliance. I agree. Some people see the CTF and can’t imagine why they’d create it. I’m just trying to explain what I (and others) have suggested was the reason. It makes sense and is just given their seeming point of view. Problem for them is no one else, even huge fans, seems to agree.

fennecbutt 2y ago

Wait so you really think that Ford should be viciously angry at somebody if they buy a non ford branded air freshener for their car? Because the air freshener company "makes a fortune from the car and pay nothing".