Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, court rules

Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by suslik on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @08:50AM (#35699751)

> I am a long time multi OS users, and I just don't find Apple phones priced in any way to merit that plus in price. E.g. The cheaper Google Pixel 6a offers more or less what the iPhone 12 Pro or 13 base offers in terms of battery life, performance, screen, camera, so it all comes down to what? OS?

Depends on what you care about. For instance, I am paying the premium simply to make sure Google didn't have its fat fingers inside my phone.

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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by epolanski on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @09:15AM (#35700000)

a) Why does it matter?

b) Why is it okay if Apple does that?

c) Why don't you de-google an Android phone, plenty of OSs to choose from?

d) You know that Google owns thousands of patents, including several key Motorola Mobile patents so you're paying Google even when you buy an iPhone?

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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by suslik on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:22AM (#35700900)

Simple, really. Google is an ad company, while Apple isn't. I have no idea how Google analyses behavioural patterns etc, but it pleases me to think that perhaps I somewhat reduce the number of times I become a data point for them (same reason why I don't use their search).

c) Why don't you de-google an Android phone, plenty of OSs to choose from?

My bank app and national e-id won't work, or so I heard. Plus, I do enough tinkering with my xmonad config, emacs init file, and all that. Simply no energy or interest left to spend on mobile, which to me is relatively unimportant.

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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by ElectricalUnion on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:38AM (#35701119)

> Simple, really. Google is an ad company, while Apple isn't.

https://support.apple.com/guide/news-publisher/earn-revenue-...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/report-apple-is-expl...

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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by stouset on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @11:41AM (#35702029)

You get that there’s a fundamental difference here, right?

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Re:Apple wins the antitrust court battle with Epic Games, co... by GeekyBear on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:13PM (#35703560)

The difference between selling an ad and relentlessly spying on the entire world to make ad sales more profitable is lost on some.

Amazon knows what I have bought from Amazon.

Google buys a copy of everyone's credit card transaction data, so they can spy on your offline life the way they already spy on your online life.

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