Why we are suing Apple for better HTML5 support in iOS

Re:Why we are suing Apple for better HTML5 support in iOS by aljones on Friday October 07, 2016 @09:48AM (#12660613)

Their financial statements are pretty clear. Hardware is highly lucrative. Services, like the app store, are only recently consistently profitable. They definitely wouldn't intentionally make their devices less desirable to customers to increase service revenue.

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Re:Why we are suing Apple for better HTML5 support in iOS by SCdF on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:00AM (#12660686)

Do you have any thoughts as to why they don't allow people to install things from outside of the app store? Or why they require all purchases through apps to go through their payment methods where they take a 30% cut?

Because it is definitely making devices less desirable. I presume you still can't buy books from the Kindle iOS app, for example. I know you can't sub on twitch on iOS.

To continue with the kindle example, Amazon could build a kindle PWA that works offline, allows you to buy books, and in every way works identically to their thick client app (it's just displaying text after all, it's not technically demanding). And Apple wouldn't be able to block them from allowing you to buy things, because you're effectively just using a web browser.

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Re:Why we are suing Apple for better HTML5 support in iOS by pvg on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:17AM (#12660807)

Because they want control over their platform and one (but not the only) reason for that control is to deliver a consistent and safer experience to their users. The app store is a part of that control but it's not some moneymaker.

The fact that you can't install random apps from anywhere on an iPhone doesn't make the device less desirable to anyone, statistically. Incidentally, if you have source, you can install an app on your phone without paying a dime to anyone.

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