Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing

Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by spion on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:06PM (#27257126)

By that logic, should Apple charge something like $1/user/month to allow companies to publish apps and run software on iPhones?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by afavour on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:10PM (#27257161)

How is that the same logic? Amazon does not charge end users for allowing services they use to run on AWS.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by hnlmorg on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:10PM (#27259467)

Yes they do. They charge you compute time, data egress and storage costs. They charge you for premium support, DNS lookups, and even just having an unused IP reservation. AWS has an extensive and diverse model for charges. So much so that it's very difficult to accurately calculate the total cost of a new project ahead of deploying it due to all the hidden costs.

If Apple adopted the same model as AWS, people would still moan.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by vultour on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:07PM (#27258100)

AWS charges for bandwidth. Should Apple start charging the developer $1 for every download?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by shkkmo on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:03PM (#27258571)

That seems a bit price gougey given how much bandwidth costs...but sure, as long as other AppStores are allowed on the platform, that's fine.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by supergirl on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:03PM (#27258576)

they could charge $0.09/GB like S3. that would be interesting actually, because it's not exactly free so developers need to optimize for it

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