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The single reason I use apple maps instead of google maps is because of the lack of ads. For me, it is really the only competitive advantage offered by apple ma
by jostmey 11mo ago
The single reason I use apple maps instead of google maps is because of the lack of ads. For me, it is really the only competitive advantage offered by apple maps
- Razengan 11mo agoJust a minute ago I searched for the app for my bank on the iPhone App Store. I literally wrote the name of the bank + "bank" in the search field. I got an ad for fucking backgammon at the top.
- artursapek 11mo agothe App Store ads are egregiously bad
- Razengan 11mo agoI guess Apple deserves the Samsung ads that Google gives you when you search for "iPhone"
- array_key_first 11mo agoThey also should not exist - Apple gets money for free from the app store. They collect 30% while doing as close to nothing as possible. After a certain point, the greed has to stop. This is far too much.
- artursapek 11mo agoI mean, they develop iOS. That's not nothing lol
- array_key_first 11mo agoThey already get paid to do that - the 30% is completely unrelated to that. That's also optional. Apple chooses to develop iOS because it becomes a new pathway for siphoning money from consumers and developers, and allows them to create their walled garden. They could just stop at any point and use android or even off-the-shelf Linux with an OS mobile environment.
- Razengan 11mo ago> They collect 30% while doing as close to nothing as possible. Hosting, bandwidth, discovery Every platform charges something. Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME. What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS
- array_key_first 11mo ago> Hosting, bandwidth, discovery Right, so as close to nothing as possible. How much does it cost to host a tarball of an app? Maaaaaybe 15 cents? > Steam for example takes $100 PER GAME. Well that's not true. > What we should be pitchforking about is why Apple isn't taking all that 30% to IMPROVE the App Store for USERS That's exactly what I'm saying. They're taking 30% and then doing fuck-all. I can maybe, MAYBE, buy the 30% if the appstore was some paradise on Earth and my iPhone gave me a blowjob. But that's not the case. So what are we paying for?
- Razengan 11mo ago[dead]