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by mthoms 5y ago
Additionally: If you can provide evidence that supports your point, I'll donate $30 to the charity of your choosing . That should make the 30 seconds it takes to copy the urls, worth your while. Yes, I'm serious. And will provide
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by mthoms 5y ago
Ok, if you won't provide the URL for the search (for some bizarre reason), will you at least provide the search phrase?
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by mthoms 5y ago
They said they “mostly” trust Apple.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Nor are you someone with a rudimentary understanding of how debate works — You either support your assertion with evidence, or concede that there is no evidence to begin with. Simple. I'll take your excuses to mean you can't do
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by mthoms 5y ago
>No more Western and Eastern front. Germany still wouldn't have captured Moscow but they would have secured large swaths of eastern territory I don't understand, in your made-up hypothetical, is there an Eastern Front or not? O
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by mthoms 5y ago
Facebook abandoning the App Store just to remove the privacy warning labels would be corporate suicide. They'd just be trading one set of scaring warning labels for another (because side loading would certainly have scary labels). A
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by mthoms 5y ago
That's a lot of mental gymnastics you're doing there. Why would a question about satisfaction with your smartphone exclude the entire operating system ? I mean, maybe that's what they did(?). But there is no evidence for t
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by mthoms 5y ago
What a bizarre comment. A claim was made and I asked for supporting evidence. That's literally how civilized debate works. It's not my job to support your argument . Also, I want to hear from Android enthusiasts. I've nev
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by mthoms 5y ago
The fact that your content was purchased elsewhere has little or nothing to do with the question.
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by mthoms 5y ago
That's plainly incorrect. If I buy a book from Joe's Book Store App, I'm not licensing anything from Apple at all.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Because the open web is possibly mankind's greatest advancement in the last 30 (or so) years. Intentionally crippling its continued advancement in the interest of greed is repugnant. Yeah I know, its a moral argument not a business one
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by mthoms 5y ago
Conspicuously absent: Why is non-executable content (ebooks, music, lessons, game skins) also required to go through the app store? What exactly would I be paying 30% for in those cases?
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by mthoms 5y ago
Your point may have been true around the late 2000's and early 2010's. But there's no way Apple of today lacks the resources to make Safari better. That's what's so frustrating. It's very obviously a conscious
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by mthoms 5y ago
Good post (although I disagree with some of it). Can you address the third option and forth option? (C) That Apple lowers its fees to a more reasonable level. Or (D) That they allow third party payment processors (but not third party stores
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by mthoms 5y ago
>That doesn’t work because Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc would move to side loading or a freedom store. To use those apps I’d have to go outside the App Store. I just hear this claim touted a lot around HN. I'm trying to determine i
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by mthoms 5y ago
Sure. But the debate is wether the fees would be considered reasonable or abusive. Although nobody has a problem with Apple making a healthy profit, there is a line at which the fees abusive (to most people). Apple understands that they can
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by mthoms 5y ago
Either study could be a "measurement artifact" - what does that even mean? >Also, the 2021 data being referenced is comparing phone hardware, not ecosystems. I didn't see that mentioned anywhere so I'm going to ask fo
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by mthoms 5y ago
Oh I'm sure there are. The claim was that some apps the commenter currently uses will switch from only being available in the App Store to being sideload-only. I'm just trying to find cases of that happening for any notable apps o
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by mthoms 5y ago
After the Battle of Britain ended, and Operation Barbarossa started, it was impossible for Germany to invade the UK. That was 6 months before the US entered the war. I get the point you're making, but American military involvement ha
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by mthoms 5y ago
Given the outrage over Apples fees, don't you think it would be smart of them to release some numbers? At least then they can prove whether they are gouging customers or not. It would be the easiest way to settle the discussion. The tr
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by mthoms 5y ago
>Apps that I need or like would stop developing for the main store and start demanding people sideload or install another App Store Genuinely curious as I have no idea: Has this happened on Android? What are some examples?
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by mthoms 5y ago
Sure, but the parent linked a May 2021 study that shows pretty consistent satisfaction ratings across Android/iPhone.
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by mthoms 5y ago
I think the no sideloading thing is reasonable, but I have a sincere question - Are you willing to compromise on anything else in the equation so that the "other side" gets something? How about significantly lower App Store fees?
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by mthoms 5y ago
30% is their commission, not their profit margin. Apple deliberately hides their App Store profit margin from everyone, including shareholders. Doesn't it make you wonder why?
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by mthoms 5y ago
Remember: the whole reason we are having this discussion is because of Apples’ App Store commissions. This whole side-loading, “other App stores” thing is a distraction from the real issue. The main problem would (mostly) go away if Apple w
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by mthoms 5y ago
If you're going to insist that hunting is somehow different from fishing (literally: hunting under water) in this context, I think I'm going to disengage. You just don't seem genuinely interested in honest discussion. Have a
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by mthoms 5y ago
Ah, I see, Thanks for the heads up.
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by mthoms 5y ago
It's just a redirect to Google.
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by mthoms 5y ago
For context, whaling in Canada is entirely done by indigenous peoples using (more or less) traditional methods. Japanese whaling is industrial/commercial in nature (even though it’s performed under the guise of “research”).
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by mthoms 5y ago
Check your timeline. The US wasn’t even in the war then. Though American help was instrumental later in the war, the UK actually saved itself from invasion (with help from fellow Commonwealth nations). https://en.wikipedia.org&#

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