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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by dawhizkid on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:29PM (#20570279)
I'm an Apple shareholder...biggest concern with driving "services" is that the 30% commission on in-app purchases is borderline obscene and I don't think longterm sustainable e.g. if the tech regulation hammer is pointed at Apple, regulation around the App Store, including limits on Apple's commission, would make the most sense.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:22AM (#20572800)
The App Store is awash with stuff, I don't think the 30% charge is hurting them at all. In fact I expect they are wondering why they didn't start higher.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by tinus_hn on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @06:41AM (#20573132)
The 30% seems higher than it is if you factor in the discounts people can get on iTunes cards, which is up to 15%.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by keymone on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:13AM (#20572755)
it's a tax. as long as apple's walled garden is so much better than anything else - no reason to worry.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by marticode on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @06:18AM (#20573025)
The EU is already investigating Apple management of the App Store. Regulation is coming and one has to wonder much walled and profitable the garden will stay.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by trilila on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:36AM (#20573465)
The EU is investigating an awful lot of US companies.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by thrower123 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @07:52AM (#20573555)
The EU would need to demonstrate that it's teeth are sharp and big enough to actually break the skin on those companies.

Most likely result is Apple/Google/Amazon/Facebook buy them off for some trivial (for them anyway) amount of money.

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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by trilila on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:03AM (#20573629)
Just like German car makers bought the EU, in exchange for protectionist measures and to get away with emissions that have destroyed a continent's climate? How come the EU is not looking more inwards, or into Chinese company practices, but instead it focuses on American tech giants? Politics perhaps?
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by marticode on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:11AM (#20573689)
Apple has had a 13 billion Euro tax bill out of it. Google is adding browser and search selection in Android in a pro-active move. I would say this is certainly a show of teeth.
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by skrowl on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:31AM (#20573855)
Apple is going to be forced to allow other app stores onto their phone like Android does (although Android did it without any laws forcing them to).
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Re:Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again by Mindwipe on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:49AM (#20572901)
If you're an Apple shareholder I would be very worried about anti-trust concerns on this point in Europe especially but also the US.

I would actively price in this going away in Europe, never mind being a risk.

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