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by dpkonofa 6y ago
That's a weird thing to say in an article about the Homepod which very definitively does not spy on anyone who owns one.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
No, because there are other alternatives. The App Stores in these cases aren't considered their own market segments because they rely on the purchase of device to access them. Those devices are available from a large number of provider
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
You're missing the point. Apple doesn't want independent App Stores because that's not what their customers want. Their customers want a simple way to install apps that they can trust and to pay for things in a way that the
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
I don't think that's a fair assessment at all. Both Google and, especially, Apple have spent millions of dollars, hours, and effort to create their respective App Stores and the people and tools needed to run them. There's a
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
That doesn't matter. Netflix still has to go through the same processes as movie companies regardless if their specific IP is exclusive to their platform. My point was that they don't have exclusivity when it comes to providing th
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>There’s as many exceptions to that rule as there are examples: Twitch, video conferencing (Zoom, Teams, etc), text chat (Slack, IRC, Telegram, WhatsApp), social media (Twitter, Facebook), web pages themselves. How are these exceptions t
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
It does not include those platforms and Steam is mentioned explicitly in the article. Additionally, this article is from August so I don't see why it's being posted as if this is new information. Apple has already clarified their
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
It is consistent. There are fundamental differences between the apps you've mentioned and these game-streaming apps that clearly delineate why those are approved and why these are not.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
That's not necessarily true. The difference is that the streaming services don't have exclusivity on those licenses which is not the case for game services. Additionally, Apple runs its own movie service and allows movies that it
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
That's fine but you bought it. When it comes down to it, America and capitalism run on the premise that you vote with your dollar. You voted with your dollar regardless of the mental gymnastics you did or didn't do to make that de
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>is therefore a betrayal of users’ trust. I would disagree with that statement. The user bought an Apple computer so they clearly trust Apple already. If anything, the new frameworks make the system more secure which strengthens that tru
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
This would even be effective, in my opinion, if they just merged your fingerprint with other, random users.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
You're using a silly grammatical error to gloss over the entire point of my statement. Apple obviously can't violate their own rules. That wasn't the point. The point was that the impetus of the situation was Epic, not Apple.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
It's one agreement and Epic violated it.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>Oculus Quest, which has gone a long way towards democratizing VR The irony of seeing this in a comment thread about how Apple is draconian and overstepping their boundaries is laughable. Oculus Quest is doing the exact opposite of democ
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
That's not the same thing at all. Hello uses the webcam on your computer to try and recognize which user is signing in to the computer. FaceID uses a combination of camera, IR, and depth mapping to determine whether the user is a live
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
Depending on how you want to measure that, Apple Watch is the single most popular health tracking device and smart watch and that statement can be objectively supported by usage, satisfaction surveys, and sales figures.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
I have an Apple Watch that I have been using for sleep tracking for the last 2 years. I use Sleep Cycle and charge my watch for 1 hour while I shower and get ready for work. I have never, in that 2 years, had a dead watch the next day. Sinc
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
Ok. Care to explain why?
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
No, I'm suggesting that their tactics are neither anti-competitive nor draconian. Epic violated the terms of a store that they willingly entered into. Apple owns the App Store. They do not have a monopoly on mobile phones, app stores,
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>it's pretty clear cut that this is Apple's decision and not Epic's This is a chicken or egg problem. Epic was the one that violated the rules of the App Store, not Apple. If Epic hadn't done that, Apple wouldn't
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>leveraging their monopoly power Apple does not have a monopoly so that can't possibly be true and the judge has already stated that. If this was true, then Sony, Microsoft, Steam, and even Epic themselves would not be able to sell
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
How is that a better analogy in any way? A better analogy would be going to a race track and breaking the rules and having them tell you that you can't race your car there anymore. Apple owns their app store. In the same way that no on
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>Epic for standing up for us Epic isn't standing up for anyone except their own shareholders. This isn't some play to help consumers. It's a play to collect more money from a customer-base that is not theirs.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
Seriously... the support for Epic here is not only irrational but flat-out misleading.
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
This entire argument falls flat when Apple just proved to the judge that the majority of its developer market grew as a result of their actions, especially when compared to the opposite happening in other marketplaces. Epic isn't doi
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
>no court has ruled in Apple's favor yet The court hasn't ruled yet but the judge on the case has agreed with all of Apple's responses and denied all of Epic's claims in the preliminary injunction. The only action t
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
Those people and studios are currently still able to release games written with the Unreal Engine and will continue to be able to do so regardless of the outcome of this situation unless Epic decides that they want to continue violating the
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
Also important to note is that The Verge is notably anti-Apple after some previous litigation cost them a ton of money. They're not exactly unbiased in how they're going to present this information and are downplaying the fact to
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by dpkonofa 6y ago
You're not an Apple customer anyways based on your previous comments so this doesn't do anything to change the current situation. Also, the only thing that would damage Apple at this point would be losing the decision in court and

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