Apple reverses course: app must pay 30% App Store fee on tips sent to teachers

Re:Apple reverses course: app must pay 30% App Store fee on ... by dkarras on Thursday February 22, 2024 @03:20AM (#39464554)

If the value I get from Toyota is not worth the hassle, I would not buy it under those terms! That is the point. If Toyota is the only car I was allowed to buy, or if Toyota bought out all its competitors, that would be a different issue.

>Until they allow third-party app stores and sideloading worldwide, and without any of the malicious compliance like intentionally breaking PWAs along with it, they are.

How? Do you know what monopoly is? You being upset at how you can use a device you are in no way have to buy and use does not make the brand a monopoly.

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Re:Apple reverses course: app must pay 30% App Store fee on ... by Serenacula on Thursday February 22, 2024 @03:34AM (#39464644)

One of the problems that plagues phones is that, if apple makes a change everyone else follows.

See it like this: Toyota arbitrarily declares that they'll disable any car without "Toyota" approved 30% taxed fuel. Then all the other car companies immediately copycat, seeing a new way to make money.

This is the case with iPhone and android. They do not have meaningful competition when they can just work together as a pseudo monopoly.

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Re:Apple reverses course: app must pay 30% App Store fee on ... by lenkite on Friday February 23, 2024 @03:29PM (#39485695)

Considering that Apple is now >61% of the U.S. smartphone market-share, I would like to know at what magic number you would consider them a monopoly.

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