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by nodamage 10y ago
In this particular case, Apple hasn't actually transferred its IP rights offshore, so this wouldn't actually change anything.
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by nodamage 10y ago
They have a specially negotiated rate with Ireland. (The crux of this issue is whether Ireland granting them a special rate was legal under EU law.) Edit: Actually, "special rate" is a bit misleading, as it implies Apple went to I
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by nodamage 10y ago
I posted this in the other thread on the subject but it's worth repeating here: Apple does not actually have any subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands (or any other Caribbean island), and (despite common belief) it has not actuall
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by nodamage 10y ago
> Not just that. Once the income has been taxed outside the US, it can no longer be taxed by the US. Just to clarify, money that is taxed outside the US gives you a credit towards your US taxes. So if the money is taxed at 2% in Ireland,
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by nodamage 10y ago
That Wikipedia article describes the general strategy of the "double Irish arrangement" as employed by many multinational corporations, but does not actually describe Apple's international corporate structure specifically, an
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by nodamage 10y ago
Bermuda? Can you provide a reputable source for this? As far as I am aware, Apple does not have any subsidiaries in the Caribbean.
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by nodamage 10y ago
Out of curiosity, when new versions of iOS and macOS get released over the next several years, are you willing to pay for the upgrades the developers will have to inevitably release in order to maintain compatibility with the OS? Or do you
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by nodamage 10y ago
The issue here is that a user that paid for your app many years ago continues to use up sync resources without providing any additional revenue. Maybe you'll be able to convert enough new users to subsidize the cost of the existing one
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by nodamage 10y ago
> Android and iOS are about equally profitable these days. This is really only true for games, i.e. Candy Crush is not terribly different on iOS vs Android so it makes sense that the revenues are similar. But if you consider paid product
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by nodamage 10y ago
You make a good point, although I don't think I would necessarily agree that just because a user isn't willing to pay a subscription, they also wouldn't be willing to pay for an upgrade. Presumably, a new version of a product
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by nodamage 10y ago
> And then there is that third class of App, the ones where subscriptions don't offer much value, but honestly, we use the apps so often, we're happy to pay to support them (Overcast, Tweetbot, MyFitnessPal are ones I would put
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by nodamage 10y ago
> Ultimately, what we should have done once we had versions of the app for both Mac and iOS is switch to a subscription model. Make the apps free downloads on all platforms, and charge somewhere around $15/year for sync accounts. Th
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by nodamage 10y ago
I'm sorry but anyone that thinks this is a good UI obviously has zero understanding of user interface design.
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by nodamage 10y ago
Don't forget basically the entire mobile gaming ecosystem.
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by nodamage 10y ago
Indeed. It would be nice though, if people, having realized that a particular tool isn't useful for their particular goals, could still acknowledge that it could be useful in other situations, instead of blaming the tool itself.
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by nodamage 10y ago
Just once I'd like to see someone write an opinion about ORMs without resorting to sweeping generalizations ("Vietnam of computer science") or making assumptions about how they are being used ("it wasn't a good fit
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by nodamage 11y ago
> The real solution is to simply spend vastly less money accepting that pain now is better than letting the US become a failed state. Are you familiar with the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy in economics from a few years ago?
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by nodamage 11y ago
Every time Slack is mentioned here someone brings this up. I can't help but think they've missed the point. User experience is important.
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by nodamage 11y ago
I wonder when/if they will announce pricing changes. I would love to use Xamarin but the current licensing fees (2 developers across iOS/Mac/Android) of $6k/year are a total non-starter. If it gets rolled into MSDN or Bi
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by nodamage 11y ago
Be that as it may, there's a pretty big difference in financial security between retiring at 30 with $600k in the bank (where one financial emergency puts you on pretty thin ice) and retiring with $600k in the bank plus $400k/year
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by nodamage 11y ago
It's probably worth pointing out that if you have existing released apps that depend on Parse and you want to preserve data continuity, it's pretty much necessary to transition to Parse Server.
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by nodamage 11y ago
Am I the only one that thought this was a fake product/parody at first? Especially after watching the video on their homepage? "We like boxes. Here's a box that protects your other boxes." They don't actually descri
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by nodamage 11y ago
> Having to take off your watch, every night, is like a Chinese torture – it impinges you one drop at a time, until you can’t stand it anymore. Huh? Does this mean that he normally sleeps with a watch on?
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by nodamage 11y ago
It sounds like some of the more valuable aspects of the server (push notifications, dashboard, analytics) weren't open sourced. But the same caveats apply to the client side code.
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by nodamage 11y ago
Could it have been Bitcoin related? The timing seems to roughly match up with the Bitcoin XT DDoS attacks mentioned here: https://medium.com/@octskyward/the-resolution-of-the-bitcoin...
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by nodamage 11y ago
It doesn't matter how tightly coupled your codebase is. If you have a client app that talks directly to Parse.com, it will stop working a year from now, and you will have orphaned users. Even if you release a new build that points to a
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by nodamage 11y ago
An open source project needs active developers and maintainers in order to stay healthy and grow. Parse is now open source in the sense of "here's a bunch of code we're throwing over the wall on our way out". Presumably
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by nodamage 11y ago
Doesn't seeing two of the most successful BaaS services get shut down after acquisition raise a red flag for you?
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by nodamage 11y ago
That's possible. But the current model of "give us money, use our code, and we'll host your data" is pretty clearly broken.
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by nodamage 11y ago
Switching supermarkets is much, much, easier than switching backends. I'm sure lot more BaaS companies will pop up to grab former Parse customers. I'm not sure how many of those will still be around in another 5 years. I strongly

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