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by pentae 8y ago
What less efficient way to side load apps exist? Flying the person to FB HQ and plugging their phone into a developers machine by USB? Yeah, right.
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by pentae 8y ago
My point is Apple offers no alternative.
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by pentae 8y ago
Right. I love hating on FB as much as the next person but the stronghold Apple has over the hardware is absolutely unreal. Imagine buying $10M worth of iPhones every year for your workforce and then Apple pulling your critical software beca
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by pentae 8y ago
Funny, about 90% of those in poverty where in China. So basically globalisation allowed the world to outsource their labor to Chinese slave labor and raise them out of poverty to the biggest economy in the world in the space of a few decade
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by pentae 8y ago
Well thats my point - it seems that they can't chew gum and walk at the same time. If they could, we'd have Macs that are updated to the latest gen hardware in a reasonable amount of time, and issues like the faulty keyboard would
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by pentae 8y ago
When you can't make a laptop with reliable screens or keyboards, or an iMac lineup that has CPU's 2 generations behind.. Maybe it's time to shut down the stupid vanity projects and focus on your core business instead?
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by pentae 8y ago
Exactly. Imagine how silly it would sound if someone said "Not sure about this new BMW CEO chaps, unless we see some innovation from the company like them developing a line of smartphones or computer tablets and an app store, we can sa
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by pentae 8y ago
Why is it naive to think they just simply want to keep $250 million a year for themselves? Find me a CEO in America who wouldn’t go for that option first
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by pentae 8y ago
If you had a stronger grasp on the IAP rules you'd understand that many of those services don't fall under the IAP requirement because they exist 'outside of the app' or are real world products being sold. No, you don&#x
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by pentae 8y ago
For many social media, dating, discussion forum apps where users want to be notified of DM's or replies to their threads push notifications is essential. Just because you don't think its valuable for you doesn't mean users sh
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by pentae 8y ago
This is completely false in practice. Especially in the last 12 months.
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by pentae 8y ago
That could work. Though i'd argue by now users know what they know what they are getting themselves into when accepting a push notification - and the notifications pane in settings for disabling them has been working just fine.
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by pentae 8y ago
Except 1Password is a huge and very well known product, and it could be argued that the software takes places outside the app and therefore is exempt from IAP.
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by pentae 8y ago
As someone thats submitted over 50 apps to the app store over the last 8 yrs through my agency I disagree. Try submitting a "totally free native app that only performs push notifications for your site" and watch them immediately r
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by pentae 8y ago
> though it is a lot easier and cheaper to switch mobile platforms Try telling that to your customers. "Yeah sure just sell your phone and buy an Android device to use our app". And having them use Safari? Yeah right. Apple doe
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by pentae 8y ago
Yes, i'm well aware of this. Perhaps you don't have much experience dealing with the app review team but in our experience these rules are more often loose guidelines. At the end of the day it comes down to the reviewer you have a
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by pentae 8y ago
Well it's anecdotal but when we have tried something similar (Buy on our website and use the app as a 'dumb client') on a couple of different apps they refused to accept it.
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by pentae 8y ago
It must be nice being as large as Netflix and able to pull a move like this without Apple threatening to remove you from the App Store due to non-compliance. Apple wouldn't dare remove the Netflix app but a smaller developer wouldn&#x2
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Netflix permanently pulls iTunes billing for new users(venturebeat.com)
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by pentae 8y ago
This has been my experience with Bluetooth in general for the last decade.
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by pentae 8y ago
Ding ding ding.. we have a winner
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by pentae 8y ago
I'm quite happy in Thailand. Good quality of life, internet that's 3-10x faster than Australia, great lifestyle and very competitive tax rates.
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by pentae 8y ago
I know a few of them. I was one of them but on an E3 (Australian version of a H1-B). This is the problem with generalising, you screw over lots of people.
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by pentae 8y ago
The problem with the merit based visa system is it locks out highly talented self-taught individuals without college degrees. There's a lot of them in tech. Even though they have tons of experience in their respected fields the 'm
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by pentae 8y ago
You nailed it on the head in your last sentence. Consumers can enjoy all of the benefits you mentioned with the App Store but should still have the ability to side load apps from Safari with a big "Warning - this app is not approved by
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by pentae 8y ago
Do they let you send wires anywhere? Does every wire require manual review or extra documentation?
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by pentae 8y ago
We should force every US politician to try and delete an Adobe ID in exchange for keeping their jobs and see how long before new laws come out.
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by pentae 8y ago
Sorry to go off topic, but you should know that I read this in Patrick Batemans voice. I'd probably consider that a compliment.
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by pentae 8y ago
Considering the annual cost of a taxpayer for a prison inmate is $31k a year, surely thats a problem that can be solved with that budget.
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by pentae 8y ago
Just curious what your background experience is that causes you to take this stance that they are not all brain-washed automatons? Is this based on Mainland Chinese you've met in the US? Or in Mainland China?

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