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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by sirpunch on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:40PM (#39050129)
Apple doesn't really have experience with building a platform for user generated content. Sure, they have the technological might, but content moderation, recommendation fairness, ad monetization, etc. are different beasts and usually come with awful publicity risks that might just not be worth the effort for the world's richest company.
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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by andrewinardeer on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:51PM (#39050226)
Isn't the App Store basically user generated content with moderation?

They have certainly received bad publicity over the App Store.

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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by sirpunch on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:58PM (#39050292)
Good point. Although I'd also say that the barrier to entry for content producers is somewhat higher for App Store. You'd likely need some level of computer science education and their review process also takes longer and is controversial at times.
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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by dzhiurgis on Thursday January 18, 2024 @07:54PM (#39050248)
They are like 99% there tho. You can start group chat in iMessage and share iCloud videos there. There's some moderation built in iCloud imagine scanning.
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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by Booourns on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:20PM (#39051521)
They ended up never rolling out the CSAM scanning implementation due to the backlash they received from it.
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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:14AM (#39053732)
That was to let governments know they are willing to write software to find files the government doesn't want people to have. Child porn is just the icing smeared on that turd.
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