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by rbrtl 7y ago
Could you elaborate on this a little? I understand that Apple only takes 30% the first year and then they drop their commission to 15%. Is the commission on the purchase price of the app what makes it too expensive, or is it too great a cut
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by rbrtl 7y ago
Apple gear is no longer as comparatively expensive as it used to be -- they aren't ripping you off, they have put a lot of work into delivering different 'gear' to what's available in the rest of the market. Shed a tear
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by rbrtl 7y ago
I believe they are pointing out that a number of the participants in the Summer of Love, went on to drive political agenda that proscribed similar exploration by their children.
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by rbrtl 7y ago
I had never heard of an Overage Provision before... Nice to know we explicitly provide for land owners to extract rent even when they don't own the land any more.
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by rbrtl 7y ago
> Upon completion of this offering, Adam Neumann will own or control more than 50% of the total voting power of our capital stock Another Zuckerberg style IPO. Activist investors beware...
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by rbrtl 7y ago
Let us not forget the Endowment Effect. I'm struggling to find my sources, but I read years ago that most advertisements for cars are not to encourage more people to buy a new car, but are actually aimed at people who already own the c
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by rbrtl 7y ago
That does seem to be the theme with these new apps...
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by rbrtl 7y ago
Did you read the Guardian articles about UK Gov't sponsored money laundering? An eye-opener to be sure: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/05/how-britain-ca...
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by rbrtl 8y ago
Agreed, see my carnival analogy in the thread :) The 30% is interesting, but so is the Verge article I read about Google lowering their fees from 30% forever to 15% forever: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19&#x2F
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by rbrtl 8y ago
There does seem to be a conflation of “unfair competition” and “monopoly” going on. Generally speaking of this debate, that is. The App Store is a service rendered to its customers, the likes of Spotify. In the form of the hosting of the ap
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by rbrtl 8y ago
This is something I'm still struggling to grok. The interface idioms feel so different to my Java instincts, like loose fitting clothes after years of skinny jeans.
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by rbrtl 8y ago
My AV blocked the website for Phishing. Guessing it's got a bad reputation, or as you say, it's just "suspect".
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by rbrtl 8y ago
Source please? If your vitriolic rant has any substance, please present it. Otherwise you just come off as a cock-sure, know nothing asshole.
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by rbrtl 9y ago
Not quite as true in England, where Common Law is meaningful; e.g. only in the last 2 years or so have private car parking companies been able to put pressure on consumers to pay their fines because the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a pr